Xeon E5-2698A V3 vs Gold 5218B

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Goldno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Haswell-EP (2014−2015)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)18 November 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,273no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads3232
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache1 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB256K (per core)
L3 cache22 MB40 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data356 mm2
Maximum core temperature87 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data88 °C
Number of transistorsno data2,600 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA36472011-3
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512no data
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218B and Xeon E5-2698A V3.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4840

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 18 November 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Gold 5218B has an age advantage of 4 years, a 57.1% more advanced lithography process, and 32% lower power consumption.

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