i5-12500E vs Xeon Gold 5318N

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated573
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data18.97
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E 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 cores24 (Tetracosa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads4812
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)83 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E 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 configuration21
SocketFCLGA41891700
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E. 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+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB+no data
SGXYes with Intel® SPSno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size6 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 770

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6420

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 24 6
Threads 48 12
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 65 Watt

Xeon Gold 5318N has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

i5-12500E, on the other hand, has 130.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5318N and Core i5-12500E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5318N is a server/workstation processor while Core i5-12500E is a desktop one.


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