Xeon 6960P vs Gold 5318Y

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Gold 5318Y
2021
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
18.86
Xeon 6960P
2024
72 cores / 144 threads, 500 Watt
74.34
+294%

Xeon 6960P outperforms Xeon Gold 5318Y by a whopping 294% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking35817
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency4.836.28
DesignerIntelIntel
ManufacturerIntelIntel
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Granite Rapids (2024−2025)
Release date6 April 2021 (4 years ago)24 September 2024 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P 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)72 (Doheptaconta-Core)
Threads48144
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache36 MB (shared)432 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 3 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)87 °C80 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA7529
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPS+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5(6400MT/s), MRDIMM(8800MT/s)
Maximum memory size6 TB3 TB
Max memory channels812
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5318Y and Xeon 6960P.

PCIe version4.05.0
PCI Express lanes6496

Synthetic benchmarks

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

Xeon Gold 5318Y 18.86
Xeon 6960P 74.34
+294%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Xeon Gold 5318Y 33139
Samples: 5
Xeon 6960P 130659
+294%
Samples: 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.86 74.34
Recency 6 April 2021 24 September 2024
Physical cores 24 72
Threads 48 144
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 500 Watt

Xeon Gold 5318Y has 203% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6960P, on the other hand, has a 294.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

The Intel Xeon 6960P is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y in performance tests.

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