MediaTek MT6517 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y

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MediaTek MT6517 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
MediaTek MT6517 Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT6517 or Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y - 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 MT6517 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6517 was released in 2012.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y was released in Q2/2019.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
MediaTek MT65xx A9 (7) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A9 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT6517 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6517 is 1.00 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y has 18 CPU cores and 36 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y is at 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz).

MediaTek MT6517 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
2 Cores 18
2 Threads 36
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 GHz

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 MT6517 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek MT6517 or Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y 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.

PowerVR SGX531 GPU no iGPU
0.52 GHz GPU frequency --
0.52 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
65nm Technology
1 Max. displays
1 Compute units --
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
10.1 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.

PowerVR SGX531 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT6517 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

MediaTek MT6517 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
LPDDR2 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 1024 GB
0 Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 24.75 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 MT6517 is --, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT6517 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6517 is manufactured in 40 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 24.75 MB cache.

MediaTek MT6517 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
40 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 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
2012 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 2726 $
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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 MT6517 MediaTek MT6517
PowerVR SGX531 @ 0.52 GHz
4 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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