Intel Xeon Gold 5218T vs Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5218T and Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218T

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
  • 12 more threads: 32 vs 20
  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 93°C vs 78.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 1 TB vs 768 GB
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2007 vs 1623
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 35030 vs 19810
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 10
Number of threads 32 vs 20
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 93°C vs 78.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size 1 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2007 vs 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 35030 vs 19810

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2007
1623
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
35030
19810
Name Intel Xeon Gold 5218T Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark 2007 1623
PassMark - CPU mark 35030 19810
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 689
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6066
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 311.954
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 160.724

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Gold 5218T Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Haswell
Launch date Q2'19 Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP) $1572
Place in performance rating 798 794
Processor Number 5218T E5-2650V3
Series 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment Server Server
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 2.10 GHz 2.30 GHz
L3 cache 22 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 93°C 78.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 3.00 GHz
Number of cores 16 10
Number of threads 32 20
64 bit support
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.65V–1.30V

Memory

Max memory channels 6 4
Maximum memory size 1 TB 768 GB
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2667 DDR4 1600/1866/2133
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s

Compatibility

Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm 52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 Watt 105 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
Scalability 4S 2S
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512 Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 1
Speed Shift technology
Idle States
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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)