Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs Gold 6132

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Intel Xeon Gold 6132
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Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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Games supported 100%

General info

Comparing Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating305308
Value for money5.849.61
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon GoldIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameSkylake (server) (2017−2019)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date25 April 2017 (5 years old)2 April 2019 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,111$1,273
Current price$1737 (0.8x MSRP)$1522 (1.2x MSRP)
Value for money

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Technical specs

Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 cores14 (Tetradeca-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads2832
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache896 KB1 MB
L2 cache14 MB16 MB
L3 cache19.25 MB22 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature86 °C87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplier--

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218 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 configuration4 (Multiprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA3647
Thermal design power (TDP)140 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0--

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666DDR4-2667
Maximum memory size768 GB1 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/s128.001 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 6132 and Xeon Gold 5218.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Benchmark performance

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


Overall 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.

Xeon Gold 6132 17.85
+0.6%
Xeon Gold 5218 17.75
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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: 67%

Xeon Gold 6132 22503
+0.6%
Xeon Gold 5218 22376

Xeon Gold 6132 outperforms Xeon Gold 5218 by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 17.85 17.75
Recency 25 April 2017 2 April 2019
Cost $2111 $1273
Boost clock speed 2600 2300
Thermal design power (TDP) 140 Watt 125 Watt

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Intel Xeon Gold 6132
Xeon Gold 6132

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Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Xeon Gold 5218

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