MediaTek Helio P18 vs Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

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MediaTek Helio P18 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
MediaTek Helio P18 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio P18 or Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 - 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 Helio P18 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P18 was released in Q1/2018.

The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 was released in Q3/2013.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Xeon E5 (71)
MediaTek Helio P10 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15)
1 Generation 4
Cortex-A53 Architecture Ivy Bridge EP
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio P18 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.30 GHz).

MediaTek Helio P18 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
8 Cores 10
8 Threads 20
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
8x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.50 GHz (3.30 GHz)
-- B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

MediaTek Helio P18 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.80 GHz GPU frequency --
0.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 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-T860 MP2 GPU no iGPU
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Helio P18 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 can connect up to 768 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

MediaTek Helio P18 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR3-1866
4 GB Max. Memory 768 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
7.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 25.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 40
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek Helio P18 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 is 115 W.

MediaTek Helio P18 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 115 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio P18 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 cache has a total of 25.00 MB.

MediaTek Helio P18 Characteristic Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket LGA 2011
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2018 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price 1250 $
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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 Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
748 (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 Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.90 GHz
5688 (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 Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
672 (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 Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.90 GHz
4483 (100%)

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 Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
ARM Mali-T860 MP2 @ 0.80 GHz
54 (100%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
@ 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 Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.90 GHz
15021 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
MediaTek Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.50 GHz
3615 (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.
MediaTek Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 3.30 GHz
113 (100%)

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.
MediaTek Helio P18 MediaTek Helio P18
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
10C 20T @ 2.90 GHz
1008 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio P18 Intel Xeon E5-2670 v2
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