Xeon Gold 5318Y vs Silver 4314

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4314
2021
16 cores / 32 threads, 135 Watt
18.92
Xeon Gold 5318Y
2021
24 cores / 48 threads, 165 Watt
21.75
+15%

Xeon Gold 5318Y outperforms Xeon Silver 4314 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking324258
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerServer
Power efficiency12.7812.02
Architecture codenameIce Lake-SP (2021)Ice Lake-SP (2021)
Release date6 April 2021 (3 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4314 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 cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads3248
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.4 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm10 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)86 °C87 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4314 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 configuration22
SocketFCLGA4189FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)135 Watt165 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318Y. 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 Technology2.02.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
TSX++
Deep Learning Boost++

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++
SGXYes with Intel® SPSYes with Intel® SPS

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4314 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 Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size6 TB6 TB
Max memory channels88
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Silver 4314 and Xeon Gold 5318Y.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes6464

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 4314 18.92
Xeon Gold 5318Y 21.75
+15%

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 4314 28954
Xeon Gold 5318Y 33283
+15%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 18.92 21.75
Physical cores 16 24
Threads 32 48
Power consumption (TDP) 135 Watt 165 Watt

Xeon Silver 4314 has 22.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 5318Y, on the other hand, has a 15% higher aggregate performance score, and 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

The Xeon Gold 5318Y is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon Silver 4314 in performance tests.


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