The Xeon® Processor from Cisco is designed to deliver enhanced reliability and flexibility for server platforms. This processor offers excellent performance and headroom for peak Internet server loads, resulting in faster response times, support for more users and improved scalability.
Memory | Memory channels | Hexa-channel |
 | Maximum internal memory supported by processor | 1000 GB |
| Memory types supported by processor | DDR4-SDRAM |
| Memory clock speeds supported by processor | 2667 MHz |
| ECC | Yes |
Processor special features | Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) | Yes |
| Intel® Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 |
| Intel® AES New Instructions (Intel® AES-NI) | Yes |
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology | Yes |
| Intel Trusted Execution Technology | Yes |
| Intel® Speed Shift Technology | Yes |
| Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | Yes |
| Intel TSX-NI | Yes |
| Intel 64 | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | Yes |
| Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | Yes |
| AVX-512 Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) units | 1 |
| Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | Yes |
Features | Execute Disable Bit | Yes |
| Market segment | Server |
| Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 48 |
| PCI Express slots version | 3.0 |
| Supported instruction sets | AVX-512 |
| Scalability | 4S |
| Embedded options available | Yes |
| Intel® Optane™ Memory module included | Yes |
Technical details | Intel® Run Sure Technology version | Yes |
| Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD) version | Yes |
| Mode-based Execute Control (MBE) version | Yes |
| Number of UPI links | 2 |
Operational conditions | Tcase | 81 °C |
Processor | Processor family | Intel® Xeon® Gold |
| Processor cores | 16 |
| Processor socket | LGA 3647 (Socket P) |
| Processor lithography | 14 nm |
| Processor manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor model | 5218N |
| Processor base frequency | 2.3 GHz |
| Processor operating modes | 64-bit |
| Processor generation | 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable |
| Component for | Server/workstation |
| Processor series | Intel Xeon Gold 5000 Series |
| Processor threads | 32 |
| Processor boost frequency | 3.7 GHz |
| Processor cache | 22 MB |
| Processor cache type | L3 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 105 W |
| Stepping | L1 |
| Bus type | UPI |
| Processor codename | Cascade Lake |