Intel Xeon Gold 5218 vs Intel Pentium J3710

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Intel Xeon Gold 5218 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium J3710
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Pentium J3710

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 or Intel Pentium J3710 - 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 Pentium J3710 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.64 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J3710 was released in Q1/2016.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group Intel Pentium J3000/N3700 (3)
2 Generation 7
Cascade Lake Architecture Braswell
Desktop / Server Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 Pentium J3710 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz (2.64 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Pentium J3710
16 Cores 4
32 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.64 GHz
2.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.64 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 Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Pentium J3710
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU Intel HD Graphics 405 (18EU)
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.74 GHz
-- GPU Generation 8
Technology 14 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 18
-- Shader 144
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 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 HD Graphics 405 (18EU)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J3710 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Pentium J3710
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1600
1024 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
22.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 2.0
48 PCIe lanes 4
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 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 Pentium J3710 is 6.5 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Pentium J3710
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 has a 22.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium J3710 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Characteristic Intel Pentium J3710
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
LGA 3647 Socket BGA 1170
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2016
1275 $ Release price 161 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (100%)
Intel Pentium J3710 (21%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 (100%)
Intel Pentium J3710 (8%)

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 Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
271 (26%)

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 Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
947 (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 Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
211 (16%)

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 Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
669 (8%)

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 Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
1465 (7%)

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 Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
Intel HD Graphics 405 (18EU) @ 0.74 GHz
213 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
42 (100%)

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.
Intel Xeon Gold 5218 Intel Xeon Gold 5218
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium J3710 Intel Pentium J3710
4C 4T @ 2.64 GHz
149 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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