Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y vs Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y and Intel Xeon E5-2630L 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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y

16 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 8
32 more threads: 48 vs 16
Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.40 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Around 44% higher maximum core temperature: 87°C vs 60.4°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 6 TB vs 768 GB
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2077 vs 1620
3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 57783 vs 14654

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	24 vs 8
Number of threads	48 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Maximum core temperature	87°C vs 60.4°C
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 22 nm
Maximum memory size	6 TB vs 768 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2077 vs 1620
PassMark - CPU mark	57783 vs 14654

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

3x lower typical power consumption: 55 Watt vs 165 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt vs 165 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2077

1620

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

57783

14654

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2077	1620
PassMark - CPU mark	57783	14654
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3290
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		16710

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y	Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Haswell
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	Q3'14
Launch price (MSRP)	$1483
Place in performance rating	544	542
Processor Number	5318Y	E5-2630LV3
Series	3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	1.80 GHz
L1 cache	1.5 MB
L2 cache	24 MB
L3 cache	36 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	87°C	60.4°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	24	8
Number of threads	48	16
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	8	4
Maximum memory size	6 TB	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4 1600/1866
Maximum memory bandwidth		59 GB/s
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm	52.5mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	55 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64	40
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	2S
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Advanced Technologies
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	2
Speed Shift technology
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® 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)