Intel Core i5-9300H vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-9300H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Xeon Gold 5218

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-9300H or Intel Xeon Gold 5218 - 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 Core i5-9300H has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9300H was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 was released in Q2/2019.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family Intel Xeon Gold (148)
Intel Core i 9000H (11) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
9 Generation 2
Coffee Lake H Refresh Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Intel Core i5-8300H Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-9300H is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (4.10 GHz). The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Intel Core i5-9300H Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218
4 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.30 GHz
4.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
4.00 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.

Intel Core i5-9300H Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218
-- 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 630 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
24 Compute units --
192 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 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 630 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
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-9300H supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Intel Core i5-9300H Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218
LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2666 Memory DDR4-2666
128 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
8.00 MB L3 Cache 22.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 48
15.8 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 Core i5-9300H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is 125 W.

Intel Core i5-9300H Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-9300H has a 8.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 cache has a total of 22.00 MB.

Intel Core i5-9300H Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5218
14 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 1440 Socket LGA 3647
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q2/2019
250 $ Release price 1275 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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 Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1060 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1041 (98%)

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 Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3544 (28%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
12543 (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 Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
1288 (98%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1308 (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 Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
3867 (44%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
8856 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
7755 (35%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
22369 (100%)

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.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz
422 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
2111 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
492 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-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.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz
430 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
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.
Intel Core i5-9300H Intel Core i5-9300H
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
1902 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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