Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H vs MediaTek MT8312

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Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8312
Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H MediaTek MT8312

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H or MediaTek MT8312 - 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 8356H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 1146 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H was released in Q2/2020.

The MediaTek MT8312 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8312 was released in 2014.
Intel Xeon Platinum (89) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8300 (CL) (10) CPU group MediaTek MT83xx A7 (6)
3 Generation 1
Cooper Lake Architecture Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H is 3.90 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the MediaTek MT8312 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8312 is at 1.30 GHz.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H Characteristic MediaTek MT8312
8 Cores 2
16 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.90 GHz Frequency 1.30 GHz
4.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
4.20 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 Platinum 8356H Characteristic MediaTek MT8312
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H or MediaTek MT8312 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-400
GPU frequency 0.50 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.50 GHz
-- GPU Generation Utgard
Technology 28nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 1
-- Shader 16
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-400
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 Platinum 8356H can use up to 1146 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The MediaTek MT8312 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H Characteristic MediaTek MT8312
DDR4-2933 Memory
1146 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 0
140.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 0.26 MB
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 8356H is 190 W, while the MediaTek MT8312 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H Characteristic MediaTek MT8312
190 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H is manufactured in 14 nm and has 35.75 MB cache. The MediaTek MT8312 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.26 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H Characteristic MediaTek MT8312
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 4189 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2020 Release date 2014
3400 $ 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 Platinum 8356H Intel Xeon Platinum 8356H
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8312 MediaTek MT8312
ARM Mali-400 @ 0.50 GHz
5 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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