Intel Xeon Gold 5218T vs Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5218T and Intel Xeon E7-8867 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218T

Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218T

Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 18% higher maximum core temperature: 93°C vs 79°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 105 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2007 vs 1730

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	93°C vs 79°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2007 vs 1730

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 46001 vs 35030

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB vs 1 TB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	46001 vs 35030

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5218T
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2007

1730

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

35030

46001

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5218T	Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2007	1730
PassMark - CPU mark	35030	46001

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5218T	Intel Xeon E7-8867 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Haswell
Launch date	Q2'19	Q2'15
Launch price (MSRP)	$1572
Place in performance rating	847	844
Processor Number	5218T	E7-8867V3
Series	2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.50 GHz
L3 cache	22 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	93°C	79°C
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz	3.30 GHz
Number of cores	16	16
Number of threads	32	32
64 bit support
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	6	4
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1.5 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm	52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	165 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		8
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	4S	S8S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
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® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
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)