Intel Atom x7425E vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218N

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Intel Atom x7425E CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Xeon Gold 5218N

CPU comparison

Intel Atom x7425E or Intel Xeon Gold 5218N - 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 Intel Atom x7425E has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Atom x7425E was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N was released in Q2/2019.
Intel Atom (108) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Intel Atom x7000 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
7 Generation 2
Alder Lake N Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Atom x6425E Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Atom x7425E is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz (3.40 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.70 GHz).

Intel Atom x7425E Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
4 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
3.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 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.

Intel Atom x7425E Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
-- 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) GPU no iGPU
1.00 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
12 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 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.

Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Atom x7425E supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218N can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Atom x7425E Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
LPDDR5-4800, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2666
16 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
2.00 MB L2 Cache --
6.00 MB L3 Cache 22.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
9 PCIe lanes 48
8.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Atom x7425E has a TDP of 12 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218N is 110 W.

Intel Atom x7425E Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
12 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 110 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Atom x7425E has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5218N cache has a total of 22.00 MB.

Intel Atom x7425E Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
10 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1264 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom x7425E (96%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Atom x7425E (21%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N (100%)

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.
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
980 (97%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1014 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
2612 (21%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 GHz
12732 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1160 (94%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1232 (100%)

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.
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
2885 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
16C 32T @ 2.50 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.
Intel Atom x7425E Intel Atom x7425E
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.00 GHz
384 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218N Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Atom x7425E Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
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