Intel Xeon Gold 5117 vs Intel Xeon D-1518

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5117 and Intel Xeon D-1518 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5117

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 14 vs 4
  • 20 more threads: 28 vs 8
  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 2.80 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
  • 6x more maximum memory size: 768 GB vs 128 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1394 vs 1370
  • 5.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 26721 vs 4562
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 14 vs 4
Number of threads 28 vs 8
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz vs 2.20 GHz
Maximum memory size 768 GB vs 128 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1394 vs 1370
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 vs 4562

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1518

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 105 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5117
CPU 2: Intel Xeon D-1518

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1394
1370
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
26721
4562
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5117 Intel Xeon D-1518
PassMark - Single thread mark 1394 1370
PassMark - CPU mark 26721 4562
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2123
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7908

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5117 Intel Xeon D-1518

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Broadwell
Family Xeon Gold
Launch date 11 July 2017 Q4'15
Place in performance rating 1222 1207
Processor Number 5117 D-1518
Series 5100 Intel® Xeon® D Processor
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.00 GHz 2.20 GHz
L1 cache 896 KB
L2 cache 14 MB
L3 cache 19.25 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 2.20 GHz
Number of cores 14 4
Number of threads 28 8
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
Unlocked

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GiB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB 128 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2133 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4, DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCBGA1667
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 2.0/3.0
Scalability 4S 1S Only
Integrated LAN
Number of USB ports 8
PCIe configurations x4 x8 x16
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)