Intel Xeon Silver 4108 vs MediaTek MT8176

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Intel Xeon Silver 4108 CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8176
Intel Xeon Silver 4108 MediaTek MT8176

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Silver 4108 and the MediaTek MT8176 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Silver 4108 8 core processor released in Q3/2017 with the MediaTek MT8176 which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2016.
Intel Xeon Silver (32) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Xeon Silver 4100 (8) CPU group MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53 (3)
1 Generation 1
Skylake SP Architecture Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Xeon Silver 4208 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Silver 4108 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (3.00 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The MediaTek MT8176 clocks with 2.00 GHz, has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 Characteristic MediaTek MT8176
8 Cores 6
16 Threads 6
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
3.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.30 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 Silver 4108 Characteristic MediaTek MT8176
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU PowerVR GX6250
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.60 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 28 nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 2
-- Shader 32
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 GX6250
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

Up to 768 GB of memory in a maximum of 6 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Silver 4108, while the MediaTek MT8176 supports a maximum of GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 14.9 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 Characteristic MediaTek MT8176
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR3-933
768 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
115.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
11.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Silver 4108 has a TDP of 85 W. The TDP of the MediaTek MT8176 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 Characteristic MediaTek MT8176
85 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Silver 4108 has 11.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of MediaTek MT8176 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 28 nm.

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 Characteristic MediaTek MT8176
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
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2016
420 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Silver 4108 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 (36%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Silver 4108 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 (16%)

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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
841 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
314 (37%)

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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
5077 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
861 (17%)

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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
1002 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
338 (34%)

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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
5788 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
782 (14%)

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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
8762 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
1381 (16%)

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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
PowerVR GX6250 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz
130 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 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 Silver 4108 Intel Xeon Silver 4108
8C 16T @ 2.30 GHz
1014 (100%)
MediaTek MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 MediaTek MT8176
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