Xeon W-3223 vs Gold 5218T

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	687	897
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.89	4.52
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	Intel Xeon W
Power efficiency	4.91	2.55
Designer	Intel	Intel
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date	2 April 2019 (6 years ago)	3 June 2019 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,561	$749

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon W-3223 has 56% better value for money than Xeon Gold 5218T.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	32	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	21	35
L1 cache	1 MB	512 KB
L2 cache	16 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	22 MB	16.5 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	93 °C	68 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223 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)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	160 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223. 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	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Speed Shift	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	+
TSX	+	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	+
Deep Learning Boost	+	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-2666
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	128.001 GB/s	128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5218T and Xeon W-3223.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	64

Synthetic benchmarks

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	12.20	9.65
Recency	2 April 2019	3 June 2019
Physical cores	16	8
Threads	32	16
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	160 Watt

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