Xeon Gold 5318Y vs Platinum 8260M

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Aggregated performance score

Xeon Platinum 8260M
2018
24 cores / 48 threads
22.18
+2.1%
Xeon Gold 5318Y
2021
24 cores / 48 threads
21.73

Platinum 8260M outperforms Gold 5318Y by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking209218
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data20.93
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Architecture codenameCascade Lake-SP (2019)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date11 December 2018 (5 years old)6 April 2021 (3 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$7,705no data
Current price$14619 (1.9x MSRP)$1700
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y have a nearly equal value for money.

Technical specs

Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads4848
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache35.75 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm10 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C87 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data87 °C
Number of transistors8,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)2
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX-512Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedLaunched

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size2 TB6 TB
Max memory channels68
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanes4864

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 Platinum 8260M 22.18
+2.1%
Xeon Gold 5318Y 21.73

Platinum 8260M outperforms Gold 5318Y by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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%

Xeon Platinum 8260M 33970
+2.1%
Xeon Gold 5318Y 33283

Platinum 8260M outperforms Gold 5318Y by 2% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 22.18 21.73
Recency 11 December 2018 6 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 10 nm

We couldn't decide between Xeon Platinum 8260M and Xeon Gold 5318Y. The differences in performance seem too small.


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