MediaTek Helio P20 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H

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MediaTek Helio P20 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
MediaTek Helio P20 Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio P20 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H - 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 P20 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. Up to 6 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P20 was released in Q3/2016.

The Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H has 28 cores with 56 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1146 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H was released in Q2/2020.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8300 (CL) (10)
2 Generation 3
Cortex-A53 Architecture Cooper Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio P20 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio P20 is 2.30 GHz while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H has 28 CPU cores and 56 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H is at 2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz).

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
8 Cores 28
8 Threads 56
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz)
1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
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 P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek Helio P20 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H 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-T880 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.90 GHz GPU frequency --
0.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation --
16 nm 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-T880 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 P20 can use up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H supports up to 1146 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 153.6 GB/s.

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-3200
6 GB Max. Memory 1146 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 38.50 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Helio P20 is --, while the Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H has a TDP of 250 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 250 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio P20 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 38.50 MB cache.

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
16 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 4189
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price --
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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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
151 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
28C 56T @ 4.30 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 Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
457 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
28C 56T @ 3.20 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 Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio P20 Intel Xeon Platinum 8380H
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