MediaTek Dimensity 7050 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5318N

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MediaTek Dimensity 7050 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Intel Xeon Gold 5318N

CPU comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 7050 or Intel Xeon Gold 5318N - 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 MediaTek Dimensity 7050 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Dimensity 7050 was released in Q2/2023.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5318N has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318N was released in Q2/2021.
Mediatek Dimensity (36) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
MediaTek Dimensity 7000 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21)
1 Generation 3
Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Ice Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Dimensity 7050 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Dimensity 7050 is 2.60 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 5318N has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5318N is at 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz).

MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
8 Cores 24
8 Threads 48
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A78
A-Core 2.10 GHz (3.40 GHz)
2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
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.

MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
Mediatek APU AI hardware --
MediaTek APU 550 AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The MediaTek Dimensity 7050 or Intel Xeon Gold 5318N 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.

ARM Mali-G68 MP4 GPU no iGPU
GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 2 GPU Generation --
6 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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.

ARM Mali-G68 MP4 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Dimensity 7050 can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 44.0 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318N supports up to 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 170.8 GB/s.

MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
LPDDR5-5500, LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR4-2666
16 GB Max. Memory 6144 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 170.8 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 36.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 64
-- PCIe Bandwidth 126.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Dimensity 7050 is --, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5318N has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Dimensity 7050 is manufactured in 6 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318N is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 36.00 MB cache.

MediaTek Dimensity 7050 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
6 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 4189
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2023 Release date Q2/2021
-- Release price 1375 $
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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.
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
799 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318N Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
24C 48T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2205 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318N Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
949 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318N Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
24C 48T @ 3.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 7050 MediaTek Dimensity 7050
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
2512 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318N Intel Xeon Gold 5318N
24C 48T @ 2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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