Intel Xeon Gold 6240L vs MediaTek Helio P18

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Intel Xeon Gold 6240L CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio P18
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L MediaTek Helio P18

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6240L or MediaTek Helio P18 - 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 6240L has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to 4608 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240L was released in Q2/2019.

The MediaTek Helio P18 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P18 was released in Q1/2018.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55) CPU group MediaTek Helio P10 (3)
2 Generation 1
Cascade Lake Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240L is a 18 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz). The MediaTek Helio P18 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Characteristic MediaTek Helio P18
18 Cores 8
36 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz) A-Core 2.00 GHz
8x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core --

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 6240L Characteristic MediaTek Helio P18
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.80 GHz
-- GPU Generation Midgard 4
Technology 28nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 32
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 11

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-T860 MP2
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240L supports a maximum of 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P18 can connect up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Characteristic MediaTek Helio P18
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR3-933
4608 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 7.4 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
24.75 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240L has a TDP of 150 W, that of the MediaTek Helio P18 is --.

Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Characteristic MediaTek Helio P18
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240L has a 24.75 MB cache, while the MediaTek Helio P18 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Characteristic MediaTek Helio P18
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 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
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2018
-- 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 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
18C 36T @ 3.90 GHz
1102 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
ARM Mali-T860 MP2 @ 0.80 GHz
54 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6240L MediaTek Helio P18
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