Intel Xeon Gold 5218R vs AMD A8-3500M

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Intel Xeon Gold 5218R CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A8-3500M
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R AMD A8-3500M

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R or AMD A8-3500M - 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 5218R has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 1024 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R was released in Q1/2020.

The AMD A8-3500M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-3500M was released in Q2/2011.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group AMD A6-3000M (9)
2 Generation 1
Cascade Lake Architecture Llano (K10)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the AMD A8-3500M has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-3500M is at 1.50 GHz (2.40 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Characteristic AMD A8-3500M
20 Cores 4
40 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? Yes
2.10 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.40 GHz
2.30 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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 5218R Characteristic AMD A8-3500M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R or AMD A8-3500M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon HD 6620G
GPU frequency 0.44 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation 3
Technology 32 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 5
-- Shader 400
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 1 GB
-- DirectX Version 11

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 AMD Radeon HD 6620G
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R can use up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The AMD A8-3500M supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Characteristic AMD A8-3500M
DDR4-2666 Memory DDR3-1333
1024 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
27.50 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is 125 W, while the AMD A8-3500M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Characteristic AMD A8-3500M
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is manufactured in 14 nm and has 27.50 MB cache. The AMD A8-3500M is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Characteristic AMD A8-3500M
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE3, SSE4a
LGA 3647 Socket FS1
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2020 Release date Q2/2011
1273 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R (100%)
AMD A8-3500M (21%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 5218R (100%)
AMD A8-3500M (7%)

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 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz
1129 (100%)
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
242 (21%)

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 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz
13548 (100%)
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
751 (6%)

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 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz
25922 (100%)
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz
2052 (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 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz
1178 (100%)
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
4C 4T @ 2.40 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 5218R Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD A8-3500M AMD A8-3500M
AMD Radeon HD 6620G @ 0.44 GHz
355 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R AMD A8-3500M
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