Intel Xeon Gold 6138F vs MediaTek MT6591

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Intel Xeon Gold 6138F CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6591
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F MediaTek MT6591

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6138F or MediaTek MT6591 - 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 6138F has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F was released in Q3/2017.

The MediaTek MT6591 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6591 was released in Q1/2014.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
1 Generation 1
Skylake Architecture Cortex-A9
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is 2.00 GHz (3.70 GHz) while the MediaTek MT6591 has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6591 is at 1.50 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
20 Cores 6
40 Threads 6
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.80 GHz 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 6138F Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F or MediaTek MT6591 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-450 MP4
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation Utgard
Technology 28nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 0

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-450 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The MediaTek MT6591 supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR3, LPDDR2
768 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
28.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is 125 W, while the MediaTek MT6591 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
125 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 28.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6591 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Characteristic MediaTek MT6591
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
LGA 3647 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2014
2750 $ Release price --
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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 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
36 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
MediaTek MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
3069 (100%)
MediaTek MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6138F MediaTek MT6591
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