Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M vs UNISOC T618

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M CPU1 vs CPU2 UNISOC T618
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M UNISOC T618

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M or UNISOC T618 - 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 Platinum 8260M has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M was released in Q2/2019.

The UNISOC T618 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The UNISOC T618 was released in Q3/2019.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family UNISOC 4G (10)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21) CPU group UNISOC 4G 12nm (8)
2 Generation 0
Cascade Lake Architecture --
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M is 2.40 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the UNISOC T618 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the UNISOC T618 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M Characteristic UNISOC T618
24 Cores 8
48 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (3.90 GHz) A-Core 2.00 GHz
2x Cortex-A75
-- B-Core 2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55

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 Platinum 8260M Characteristic UNISOC T618
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M or UNISOC T618 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 MP2
GPU frequency 0.85 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 2
Technology 16 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 32
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 MP2
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 Platinum 8260M can use up to GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The UNISOC T618 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M Characteristic UNISOC T618
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR4X-1866, LPDDR4-1866, LPDDR3-933
Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
35.75 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 Platinum 8260M is 165 W, while the UNISOC T618 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M Characteristic UNISOC T618
165 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M is manufactured in 14 nm and has 35.75 MB cache. The UNISOC T618 is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M Characteristic UNISOC T618
14 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
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 Q3/2019
-- 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 Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
385 (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 Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1418 (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 Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
464 (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 Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
1513 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
366 (100%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
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 Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
ARM Mali-G52 MP2 @ 0.85 GHz
54 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
33989 (100%)
UNISOC T618 UNISOC T618
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M UNISOC T618
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