Xeon Gold 5318H vs Platinum 8280L

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Primary details

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Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Platinumno data
Power efficiencyno data4.70
DesignerIntelIntel
Manufacturerno dataIntel
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 April 2019 (6 years ago)6 April 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$17,906no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H 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 cores28 (Octacosa-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads5636
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.8 GHz
Multiplier27no data
L1 cache1.75 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache28 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache38.5 MB24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature84 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H 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)4
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)205 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H. 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)++
Speed Shift++
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size4.5 TB1.12 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth140.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Platinum 8280L and Xeon Gold 5318H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2019 6 April 2021
Physical cores 28 18
Threads 56 36
Power consumption (TDP) 205 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Platinum 8280L has 55.6% more physical cores and 55.6% more threads.

Xeon Gold 5318H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 36.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L and Intel Xeon Gold 5318H. We've got no test results to judge.

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