Intel Xeon Gold 5218R Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-05-10

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has 20 cores with 40 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Xeon Gold series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 3647 socket and was released in Q1/2020. The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R scores 1,129 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 13,548 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R.
Name:	Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
Family:	Intel Xeon Gold
CPU group:	Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200
Architecture:	Cascade Lake
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	2
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). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	20 / 40
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	20x

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.10 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (20 Cores):	2.30 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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R uses the no iGPU, which has texture shaders and execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	no iGPU
GPU frequency:
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:
Shader:
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:
Generation:
Direct X:	--
Technology:
Release date:

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	No
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	No

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 1024 GB memory in 6 (Hexa Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR4-2666	128.1 GB/s
Max. Memory:	1024 GB
Memory channels:	6 (Hexa Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	3.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth:	47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 125 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	125 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218R is made in 14 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 27.50 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	14 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 3647
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	27.50 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date:	Q1/2020
Release price:	1273 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
20C 40T @ 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Xeon Gold 5218R have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 E3-1280 v5 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1131
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz	1131
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz	1130
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218R 20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz	1129
	Intel Xeon Gold 5220R 24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz	1129
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y 24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz	1128
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L 28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz	1128

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 i9-12900TE 16C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	13738
	Intel Core i5-13500HX 14C 20T @ 4.10 GHz	13650
	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	13620
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218R 20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz	13548
	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz	13547
	Intel Core i5-13600 14C 20T @ 4.40 GHz	13534
	Intel Xeon Gold 5220 18C 36T @ 2.50 GHz	13522

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.


	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1180
	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz	1180
	Intel Core i7-5950HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1180
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218R 20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz	1178
	Intel Core i7-7700HQ 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1178
	Intel Core i7-7500U 2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	1178
	Intel Core i5-4670 4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz	1178

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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5845 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	25975
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	25960
	Intel Xeon W-2265 12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	25937
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218R 20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz	25922
	Intel Core i5-13490F 10C 16T @ 4.20 GHzNot verified	25910
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 3.90 GHz	25910
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.10 GHz	25910

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,398 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,371 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,646 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,319 entries

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