MediaTek Dimensity 8020 vs Intel Xeon Silver 4216

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MediaTek Dimensity 8020 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Intel Xeon Silver 4216

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the MediaTek Dimensity 8020 and the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the MediaTek Dimensity 8020 8 core processor released in Q2/2023 with the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2019.
Mediatek Dimensity (36) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
MediaTek Dimensity 8000 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
3 Generation 2
Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon Silver 4116
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Dimensity 8020 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon Silver 4216 clocks with 2.10 GHz (3.20 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 32 threads in parallel.

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
8 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A78
A-Core 2.10 GHz (3.20 GHz)
2.00 GHz
4x 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 8020 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
-- 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.

ARM Mali-G77 MP9 GPU no iGPU
0.85 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation --
7 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
9 Compute units --
144 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB 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-G77 MP9 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

Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 4 memory channels is supported by the MediaTek Dimensity 8020, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 115.2 GB/s enabled.

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory DDR4-2400
16 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 22.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The MediaTek Dimensity 8020 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Silver 4216 is 100 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 100 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Dimensity 8020 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 5 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Silver 4216 is at 22.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4216
5 nm Technology 14 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 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2023 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 1008 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 (94%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 (27%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 (100%)

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 8020 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
839 (92%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
914 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3328 (27%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
12286 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
1125 (96%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 3.20 GHz
1170 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
3631 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 2.30 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.
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
ARM Mali-G77 MP9 @ 0.85 GHz
979 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 MediaTek Dimensity 8020
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4216 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
16C 32T @ 2.30 GHz
20629 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Intel Xeon Silver 4216
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