Ryzen 5 8640U vs Xeon Gold 5318S

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated563
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Power efficiencyno data44.62
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Hawk Point-U (Zen 4) (2023)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U 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 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)87 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U 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
SocketFCLGA4189FP8
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Precision Boost 2no data+
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U 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 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5
Maximum memory size6 TBno data
Max memory channels8no data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 760M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes6420

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 April 2021 6 December 2023
Physical cores 24 6
Threads 48 12
Chip lithography 10 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 28 Watt

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

Ryzen 5 8640U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 150% more advanced lithography process, and 489.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon Gold 5318S and Ryzen 5 8640U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon Gold 5318S is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 5 8640U is a notebook one.


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