Intel Core i9-7960X vs Intel Xeon Gold 5218R

What is the difference between Intel Core i9-7960X and Intel Xeon Gold 5218R. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

1115Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score850
14355Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score13292
26629PassMark CPU Mark Rating25191
2541PassMark Single Thread Rating2200

Processor Specs

Intel Core i9-7960XProcessorIntel Xeon Gold 5218R
2800 MHzFrequency2100 MHz
4200 MHzMaximum Frequency4000 MHz
16Cores20
32Threads40
165 WTDP125 W
SkylakeCodenameCascade Lake
Socket 2066 LGAPackageSocket 3647 LGA

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

1122Single-Core Score861
13591Multi-Core Score9723
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for macOS x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

macOS 11.5 (Build 20G71)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Server 2019 Standard (64-bit)
MacPro7,1ModelSupermicro SYS-2029TP-HTR
MacPro7,1Model ID
Acidanthera Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61 MacPro7,1MotherboardSupermicro X11DPT-PS
Power PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i9-7960XNameIntel Xeon Gold 5218R
1 Processor, 16 Cores, 32 ThreadsTopology2 Processors, 40 Cores, 80 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 4IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 85 Stepping 7
2.80 GHzBase Frequency2.10 GHz
Maximum Frequency4002 MHz
PackageSocket 3647 LGA
CodenameCascade Lake
32.0 KB x 16L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 20
32.0 KB x 16L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 20
1.00 MB x 16L2 Cache1.00 MB x 20
22.0 MB x 1L3 Cache27.5 MB x 1

Memory Information

32.00 GBSize127.67 GB
Frequency1332 MHz
3000 MT/sTransfer Rate
DDR4TypeDDR4 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

1122Single-Core Score861
1499Crypto Score1205
1055Integer Score819
1204Floating Point Score 893
1499
2.56 GB/sec
AES-XTS1205
2.05 GB/sec
1169
5.91 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)939
4.75 MB/sec
1088
51.5 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression933
44.1 Mpixels/sec
1023
2.88 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)690
1.95 MTE/sec
946
1.11 MElements/sec
HTML5805
945.2 KElements/sec
1011
316.9 Krows/sec
SQLite820
257.0 Krows/sec
1040
56.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering852
46.2 Mpixels/sec
1047
333.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering602
191.8 KB/sec
1061
8.27 Klines/sec
Clang926
7.22 Klines/sec
1122
13.0 images/sec
Camera879
10.2 images/sec
1019
1.27 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics915
1.15 Mpairs/sec
1290
7991.4 FPS
Rigid Body Physics942
5838.5 FPS
781
42.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur677
37.2 Mpixels/sec
1126
8.67 images/sec
Face Detection790
6.09 images/sec
1014
25.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection758
18.7 Mpixels/sec
2148
105.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1588
77.9 Mpixels/sec
1963
26.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1640
22.4 Mpixels/sec
1360
1.09 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing893
717.1 Kpixels/sec
988
8.85 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion768
6.88 Kpixels/sec
1078
34.4 Words/sec
Speech Recognition756
24.2 Words/sec
1079
41.7 images/sec
Machine Learning611
23.6 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

13591Multi-Core Score9723
10555Crypto Score6239
13168Integer Score9577
15013Floating Point Score 10619
10555
18.0 GB/sec
AES-XTS6239
10.6 GB/sec
18080
91.4 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)25110
127.0 MB/sec
18117
857.1 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression28951
1.37 Gpixels/sec
7230
20.4 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1160
3.27 MTE/sec
12906
15.2 MElements/sec
HTML510500
12.3 MElements/sec
14760
4.62 Mrows/sec
SQLite23895
7.49 Mrows/sec
10224
554.8 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering3810
206.8 Mpixels/sec
11153
3.47 MB/sec
Text Rendering7197
2.24 MB/sec
15993
124.6 Klines/sec
Clang28123
219.1 Klines/sec
14471
167.7 images/sec
Camera4153
48.1 images/sec
11250
14.1 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics8967
11.2 Mpairs/sec
24327
150716.3 FPS
Rigid Body Physics34225
212035.6 FPS
14604
802.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur20902
1.15 Gpixels/sec
17888
137.7 images/sec
Face Detection23105
177.9 images/sec
14303
352.6 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection5086
125.4 Mpixels/sec
23232
1.14 Gpixels/sec
Image Inpainting14578
715.2 Mpixels/sec
25432
346.5 Mpixels/sec
HDR11993
163.4 Mpixels/sec
23196
18.6 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing22542
18.1 Mpixels/sec
13645
122.2 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion3531
31.6 Kpixels/sec
8953
286.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition6886
220.2 Words/sec
5099
197.0 images/sec
Machine Learning2681
103.6 images/sec