Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210 and Intel Xeon Gold 5218 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 Silver 4210

Intel Xeon Gold 5218

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4210

Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 125 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 5218

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 10
12 more threads: 32 vs 20
Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 60% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2090 vs 1816
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 33154 vs 23462

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	16 vs 10
Number of threads	32 vs 20
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
L1 cache	1 MB vs 640 KB
L2 cache	16 MB vs 10 MB
L3 cache	22 MB vs 13.75 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2090 vs 1816
PassMark - CPU mark	33154 vs 23462

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210
CPU 2: Intel Xeon Gold 5218

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1816

2090

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

23462

33154

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon Gold 5218
PassMark - Single thread mark	1816	2090
PassMark - CPU mark	23462	33154

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon Silver 4210	Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Cascade Lake
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	2 Apr 2019
Launch price (MSRP)	$501-511	$1273 - $1280
Place in performance rating	1106	837
Processor Number	4210	5218
Vertical segment	Server	Server
Performance
Base frequency	2.20 GHz	2.30 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB	1 MB
L2 cache	10 MB	16 MB
L3 cache	13.75 MB	22 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	78 °C	87 °C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	10	16
Number of threads	20	32
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
Number of QPI Links		2
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	6
Maximum memory bandwidth	107.3 GB/s	119.21 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2400 MHz	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2667
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	FCLGA3647
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	125 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Scalability	2S	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)