Xeon Gold 5318Y: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Gold 5318Y provides good benchmark performance at 21.52% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
Intel started Xeon Gold 5318Y sales 6 April 2021. This is an Ice Lake-SP architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 24 cores and 48 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3400 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 4189 processor with a TDP of 165 Watt and a maximum temperature of 87 °C. It supports DDR4-2933 memory.
Primary details
Xeon Gold 5318Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 237 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 24.64 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Architecture codename | Ice Lake-SP (2021) | |
| Release date | 6 April 2021 (3 years ago) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
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 | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 48 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.1 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 96 (EPYC 9654) |
| L3 cache | 36 MB (shared) | of 1152.001953125 (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 87 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon Gold 5318Y 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 | 2 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 4189 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 165 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5318Y's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | |
| ECC memory support | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 64 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 5318Y. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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