Intel Xeon Gold 5218N: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 5218N sales 2 April 2019 at a recommended price of $1,375. This is a Cascade Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 110 Watt. It supports DDR4-2667 memory.

General info

Xeon Gold 5218N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,375	of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price	$1597 (1.2x MSRP)	of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	32
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	1 MB	of 7.3 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	16 MB	of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	22 MB	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	14 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218N compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration	4 (Multiprocessor)	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-
Status	Launched

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218N's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size	1 TB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	6	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	3.0	of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	48	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 5218N. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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