MediaTek Helio P30 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6142M

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MediaTek Helio P30 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
MediaTek Helio P30 Intel Xeon Gold 6142M

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio P30 or Intel Xeon Gold 6142M - 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 P30 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 P30 was released in Q3/2017.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1536 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M was released in Q3/2017.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
2 Generation 1
Cortex-A53 Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio P30 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M has 16 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.70 GHz).

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
8 Cores 16
8 Threads 32
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.60 GHz (3.70 GHz)
1.65 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
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 Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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-G71 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.95 GHz GPU frequency --
0.95 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Bifrost 1 GPU Generation --
16 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB 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-G71 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
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Helio P30 supports a maximum of 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6142M can connect up to 1536 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
LPDDR4X-1600 Memory DDR4-2666
6 GB Max. Memory 1536 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 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 TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek Helio P30 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6142M is 150 W.

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio P30 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6142M cache has a total of 22.00 MB.

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
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 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 5900 $
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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 P30 MediaTek Helio P30
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz
66 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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 P30 MediaTek Helio P30
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (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 P30 MediaTek Helio P30
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6142M Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2578 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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