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Xeon Gold 5218

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 76.4% (288th of 1445)

Based on 58 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00050657 Model: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5218 CPU @ 2.30GHz
Poor: 67%Average: 76.4% Great: 84%
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier

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Good average bench

The Intel Xeon Gold 5218 averaged 23.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,869Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 77.1Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 is just 17.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Octa Core Speed 760Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 211Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 58 samples)
Rank 28876.4%
Min Avg Max
70.9 Memory 77.1 85.4
83.5 1-Core 107 122
156 2-Core 211 243
73.8% 132 Pts
Min Avg Max
317 4-Core 406 461
615 8-Core 760 885
69.6% 583 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,720 64-Core 1,869 1,975
116% 1,869 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
75.2% Very good
Memory 75.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 209
73% 130 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 713
67% 558 Pts
64-Core 1,763
109% 1,763 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
75% Very good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 107
2-Core 215
73% 132 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 728
69% 570 Pts
64-Core 1,833
113% 1,833 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg)
73.2% Very good
Memory 75.5
1-Core 99.6
2-Core 193
70% 123 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 688
64% 534 Pts
64-Core 1,822
113% 1,822 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
72.9% Very good
Memory 70.4
1-Core 110
2-Core 216
73% 132 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 730
68% 567 Pts
64-Core 1788
111% 1788 Pts
CPU, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
65% Good
Memory 67.2
1-Core 68.2
2-Core 136
53% 90.6 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 606
57% 472 Pts
64-Core 1,702
105% 1,702 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
64.4% Good
Memory 64.4
1-Core 88.4
2-Core 179
62% 111 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 666
60% 506 Pts
64-Core 1,565
97% 1,565 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
64.2% Good
Memory 65.3
1-Core 88.9
2-Core 175
62% 110 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 676
60% 507 Pts
64-Core 1,772
110% 1,772 Pts
CPU, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
58.6% Above average
Memory 55.1
1-Core 65.3
2-Core 114
46% 78.1 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 579
55% 456 Pts
64-Core 1689
104% 1689 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 75%
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Desktop
Desktop 85%
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Workstation
Workstation 84%
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CPU
Xeon Gold 5218IntelBench 76%, 58 samples1x
GPU
Quadro P5000NvidiaBench 89%, 8,562 samples102x
RTX A4000NvidiaBench 132%, 4,246 samples73x
Quadro RTX 4000NvidiaBench 98%, 9,173 samples70x
SSD
MZVLB1T0HBLR-000H1 1TBSamsungBench 264%, 8,018 samples49x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsungBench 250%, 4,056 samples40x
MZVLB1T0HALR-000H2 1TBSamsungBench 267%, 633 samples32x
RAM
HMA81GR7CJR8N-WM 12x8GBHynixBench 112%, 37 samples21x
HMA84GR7CJR4N-VK 4x31.8GBHynixBench 92%, 67 samples18x
M393A2K40CB2-CTD 4x16GBSamsungBench 80%, 161 samples16x
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