Intel Xeon Gold 6338 vs MediaTek Helio G36

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Intel Xeon Gold 6338 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio G36
Intel Xeon Gold 6338 MediaTek Helio G36

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 or MediaTek Helio G36 - 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 6338 has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6338 was released in Q2/2021.

The MediaTek Helio G36 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio G36 was released in Q1/2023.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group MediaTek Helio G20/G30 (4)
3 Generation 1
Ice Lake Architecture Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338 has 32 CPU cores and can calculate 64 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6338 is 2.00 GHz (3.20 GHz) while the MediaTek Helio G36 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio G36 is at 2.20 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 Characteristic MediaTek Helio G36
32 Cores 8
64 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (3.20 GHz) A-Core 2.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 Characteristic MediaTek Helio G36
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338 or MediaTek Helio G36 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 PowerVR GE8320
GPU frequency 0.68 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 20 nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 1
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 10

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 PowerVR GE8320
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 6338 can use up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 204.8 GB/s. The MediaTek Helio G36 supports up to 8 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 Characteristic MediaTek Helio G36
DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR3-933
6144 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
204.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
48.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
64 PCIe lanes --
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 6338 is 205 W, while the MediaTek Helio G36 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 Characteristic MediaTek Helio G36
205 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6338 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 48.00 MB cache. The MediaTek Helio G36 is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 Characteristic MediaTek Helio G36
10 nm Technology 12 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 4189 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2023
2612 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6338 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G36 (13%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6338 (0%)
MediaTek Helio G36 (0%)

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 6338 Intel Xeon Gold 6338
32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz
1108 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G36 MediaTek Helio G36
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
142 (13%)

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 6338 Intel Xeon Gold 6338
32C 64T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio G36 MediaTek Helio G36
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
514 (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 6338 Intel Xeon Gold 6338
32C 64T @ 3.20 GHz
1526 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G36 MediaTek Helio G36
8C 8T @ 2.20 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 6338 Intel Xeon Gold 6338
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio G36 MediaTek Helio G36
PowerVR GE8320 @ 0.68 GHz
44 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 6338 MediaTek Helio G36
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