EPYC 7532 vs Xeon Gold 5218N
Primary details
Comparing Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | 105 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Server | Server |
Series | Intel Xeon Gold | AMD EPYC |
Architecture codename | Cascade Lake (2019−2020) | Zen 2 (2017−2020) |
Release date | 2 April 2019 (5 years ago) | 19 February 2020 (4 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,375 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532 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 cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | 32 (Dotriaconta-Core) |
Threads | 32 | 64 |
Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
Multiplier | 23 | 24 |
L1 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
L2 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
L3 cache | 22 MB | 256 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm, 14 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 81 °C | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532 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 configuration | 4 (Multiprocessor) | no data |
Socket | FCLGA3647 | Socket SP3 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 200 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532. 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 | no data |
AES-NI | + | + |
AVX | + | + |
vPro | + | no data |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Speed Shift | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
TSX | + | - |
Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Status | Launched | no data |
Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
TXT | + | no data |
EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | - | + |
VT-d | + | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR4-2667 | DDR4-3200 |
Maximum memory size | 1 TB | 4 TiB |
Max memory channels | 6 | 8 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 128.001 GB/s | 204.763 GB/s |
ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532.
PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 2 April 2019 | 19 February 2020 |
Physical cores | 16 | 32 |
Threads | 32 | 64 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 7 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 200 Watt |
Xeon Gold 5218N has 81.8% lower power consumption.
EPYC 7532, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5218N and EPYC 7532. We've got no test results to judge.
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