AMD A10-9700 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218B

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A10-9700		Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
CPU comparison AMD A10-9700 or Intel Xeon Gold 5218B - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A10-9700 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-9700 was released in Q3/2017. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218B has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218B was released in Q2/2019.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD A10-9700 (1)	CPU group	Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
7	Generation	2
Excavator (Bristol Ridge)	Architecture	Cascade Lake
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A10-9700 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.80 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 5218B has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.90 GHz).
AMD A10-9700	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
4	Cores	16
4	Threads	32
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.50 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
3.80 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.70 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A10-9700	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
1.03 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
6	GPU Generation	--
28 nm	Technology
2	Max. displays
6	Compute units	--
384	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge)	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD A10-9700 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218B can connect up to GB of memory in 6 memory channels.
AMD A10-9700	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
DDR4-2400	Memory	DDR4-2666
64 GB	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	6 (Hexa Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	128.1 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
2.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	22.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
8	PCIe lanes	48
7.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	47.3 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A10-9700 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218B is 125 W.
AMD A10-9700	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	125 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
45 W	TDP down	--
90 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A10-9700 has a 2.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5218B cache has a total of 22.00 MB.
AMD A10-9700	Characteristic	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B
28 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	LGA 3647
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017	Release date	Q2/2019
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	596 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1844 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	556 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1745 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	705 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1744 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	231 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	716 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A10-9700 AMD Radeon R7 - 384 (Bristol Ridge) @ 1.03 GHz	787 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	3660 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	762 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	92 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-9700 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	303 (100%)
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218B 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

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