Intel Xeon Gold 5423N vs MediaTek MT8168

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Xeon Gold 5423N CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8168
Intel Xeon Gold 5423N MediaTek MT8168

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N or MediaTek MT8168 - 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 5423N has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. Up to 4096 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5423N was released in Q1/2023.

The MediaTek MT8168 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8168 was released in Q2/2020.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Xeon Gold 5400/6400 Edge Enhanced (8) CPU group MediaTek MT816x 12nm (1)
4 Generation 2
Sapphire Rapids Edge Enh. Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5423N has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5423N is 2.10 GHz (4.00 GHz) while the MediaTek MT8168 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8168 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
20 Cores 4
40 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
4.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 5423N or MediaTek MT8168 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 ARM Mali-G52 MP1
GPU frequency 0.85 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 2
Technology 16 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 1
-- Shader 16
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 12

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 ARM Mali-G52 MP1
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5423N can use up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 256.0 GB/s. The MediaTek MT8168 supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 14.9 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
Memory LPDDR4X-1866, LPDDR4-1600
4096 GB Max. Memory 3 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
256.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
37.50 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
94.5 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5423N is 145 W, while the MediaTek MT8168 has a TDP of 3 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
145 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 3 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5423N is manufactured in 10 nm and has 37.50 MB cache. The MediaTek MT8168 is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
10 nm Technology 12 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 4677 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2020
1508 $ Release price --
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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 5423N Intel Xeon Gold 5423N
20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
165 (100%)

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 5423N Intel Xeon Gold 5423N
20C 40T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
524 (100%)

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 5423N Intel Xeon Gold 5423N
20C 40T @ 4.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
188 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-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 multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 5423N Intel Xeon Gold 5423N
20C 40T @ 2.10 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
520 (100%)

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 5423N Intel Xeon Gold 5423N
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
ARM Mali-G52 MP1 @ 0.85 GHz
26 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 5423N MediaTek MT8168
Unknown Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)

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