Xeon Gold 5318H vs Silver 4216

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4216
2019
16 cores / 32 threads, 100 Watt
13.07
Xeon Gold 5318H
2021
18 cores / 36 threads, 150 Watt
18.45
+41.2%

Xeon Gold 5318H outperforms Xeon Silver 4216 by a considerable 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5318H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking582325
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation17.27no data
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency12.3611.63
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,002no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4216 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)18 (Octadeca-Core)
Threads3236
Base clock speed2.1 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.8 GHz
Multiplier21no data
L1 cache1 MB64K (per core)
L2 cache16 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache22 MB24.75 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature79 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4216 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)4
SocketFCLGA3647FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4216 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 Silver 4216 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 Silver 4216 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 Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5318H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory size1 TB1.12 TB
Max memory channels66
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4216 and Xeon Gold 5318H.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes4848

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 Silver 4216 13.07
Xeon Gold 5318H 18.45
+41.2%

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.

Xeon Silver 4216 20756
Xeon Gold 5318H 29301
+41.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.07 18.45
Recency 2 April 2019 6 April 2021
Physical cores 16 18
Threads 32 36
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 150 Watt

Xeon Silver 4216 has 50% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318H, on the other hand, has a 41.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 12.5% more physical cores and 12.5% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5318H is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4216 in performance tests.


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