MediaTek Helio P20 vs Intel Xeon W-2145

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MediaTek Helio P20 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-2145
MediaTek Helio P20 Intel Xeon W-2145

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio P20 or Intel Xeon W-2145 - 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 W-2145 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-2145 was released in Q3/2017.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon W-2100/3100 (15)
2 Generation 6
Cortex-A53 Architecture Skylake W
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon W-2245

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 W-2145 has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon W-2145 is at 3.70 GHz (4.50 GHz).

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2145
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 16
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 3.70 GHz (4.50 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 W-2145
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek Helio P20 or Intel Xeon W-2145 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 W-2145 supports up to 512 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 85.4 GB/s.

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2145
LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-2666
6 GB Max. Memory 512 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 85.4 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 11.00 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 W-2145 has a TDP of 140 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2145
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 140 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 W-2145 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 11.00 MB cache.

MediaTek Helio P20 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-2145
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 2066
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2016 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 1113 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio P20 (12%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio P20 (5%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 (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 Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
151 (12%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1258 (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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
457 (5%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
9524 (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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1487 (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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
8564 (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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
@ 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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
18183 (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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
193 (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 P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-2145 Intel Xeon W-2145
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
1852 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio P20 Intel Xeon W-2145
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