Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs Intel Celeron 4305U

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Intel Xeon Gold 5218 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 4305U
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Celeron 4305U

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 or Intel Celeron 4305U - 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 Xeon Gold 5218 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Celeron 4305U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 4305U was released in Q2/2019.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Celeron 4000 (3)
2 Generation 8
Cascade Lake Architecture Whiskey Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Celeron 5305U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.90 GHz). The Intel Celeron 4305U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Celeron 4305U
16 Cores 2
32 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Celeron 4305U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

no iGPU GPU Intel UHD Graphics 610
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 4305U can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Celeron 4305U
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR4-2133
1024 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
22.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 16
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has a TDP of 125 W, that of the Intel Celeron 4305U is 15 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Celeron 4305U
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 12.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has a 22.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 4305U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Celeron 4305U
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, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1528
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q2/2019
1275 $ Release price 107 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U (55%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U (9%)

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 Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1041 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U Intel Celeron 4305U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
570 (55%)

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 Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
12543 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U Intel Celeron 4305U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1076 (9%)

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 Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
22369 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U Intel Celeron 4305U
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz
1746 (8%)

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 Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
1308 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U Intel Celeron 4305U
2C 2T @ 2.20 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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
8856 (100%)
Intel Celeron 4305U Intel Celeron 4305U
2C 2T @ 2.20 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 Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron 4305U Intel Celeron 4305U
Intel UHD Graphics 610 @ 0.90 GHz
173 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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