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Comparing Intel Xeon Gold 5218R vs Intel Xeon Silver 4316

Comparison of video cards Intel Xeon Gold 5218R vs Intel Xeon Silver 4316 in benchmarks and specifications.

Differences

Intel Xeon Silver 4316

Top features of Intel Xeon Silver 4316

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  • Higher clock speed
    2.30 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz
    Around -10% better clock speed
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R

Top features of Intel Xeon Gold 5218R

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  • Performance per watt
    125 W left arrow 150 W
    About 0.83 times less performance per watt

Specifications

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Let's find out which one of Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

Specification Value
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4316 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
Family Intel Xeon Silver left arrow Intel Xeon Gold
CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4300 left arrow Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
Segment Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
Generation 3 left arrow 2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In this block we are going to compare Intel Xeon Silver 4316 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218R by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification Value
Core architecture normal left arrow normal
Overclocking No left arrow No
Frequency 2.30 GHz left arrow 2.10 GHz

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification Value
GPU name no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
GPU (Turbo) No turbo left arrow No turbo

Hardware codec support

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No left arrow No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No left arrow No
h264 No left arrow No
VP8 No left arrow No
VP9 No left arrow No
AV1 No left arrow No
AVC No left arrow No
VC-1 No left arrow No
JPEG No left arrow No

Memory & PCIe

To choose the best model between Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification Value
Memory type DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 6144 GB left arrow 1024 GB
Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel) left arrow 6
ECC Yes left arrow Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Intel Xeon Silver 4316 or Intel Xeon Gold 5218R? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification Value
TDP (PL1) 150 W left arrow 125 W

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Intel Xeon Silver 4316 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification Value
Technology 10 nm left arrow 14 nm
Socket LGA 4189 left arrow LGA 3647
L3-Cache 30.00 MB left arrow 27.50 MB
Architecture Ice Lake left arrow Cascade Lake
Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date Q2/2021 left arrow Q1/2020

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