MediaTek Helio P30 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L

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MediaTek Helio P30 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
MediaTek Helio P30 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio P30 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L - 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 Platinum 8280L has 28 cores with 56 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L was released in Q3/2019.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21)
2 Generation 2
Cortex-A53 Architecture Cascade Lake
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 Platinum 8280L has 28 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.00 GHz).

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
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 2.70 GHz (4.00 GHz)
1.65 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 P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
-- 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-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 Platinum 8280L can connect up to 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
LPDDR4X-1600 Memory DDR4-2933
6 GB Max. Memory 4608 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 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 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 Platinum 8280L is 205 W.

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 205 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 Platinum 8280L cache has a total of 38.50 MB.

MediaTek Helio P30 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
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 Q3/2019
-- Release price --
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Platinum 8280L Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
1037 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 Platinum 8280L Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 2.70 GHz
49876 (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 P30 MediaTek Helio P30
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
1128 (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 P30 MediaTek Helio P30
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 2.70 GHz
21508 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 Platinum 8280L Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
28C 56T @ 4.00 GHz
378 (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 P30 MediaTek Helio P30
ARM Mali-G71 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz
66 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio P30 Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L
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