MediaTek MT6517T vs Intel Xeon Gold 6138F

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MediaTek MT6517T CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
MediaTek MT6517T Intel Xeon Gold 6138F

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the MediaTek MT6517T and the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the MediaTek MT6517T 2 core processor released in 2012 with the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F which has 20 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2017.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
MediaTek MT65xx A9 (7) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34)
1 Generation 1
Cortex-A9 Architecture Skylake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT6517T is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.20 GHz. The processor can compute 2 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon Gold 6138F clocks with 2.00 GHz (3.70 GHz), has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel.

MediaTek MT6517T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
2 Cores 20
2 Threads 40
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.80 GHz

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 MT6517T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

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

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 0 memory channels is supported by the MediaTek MT6517T, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F supports a maximum of 768 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 128.1 GB/s enabled.

MediaTek MT6517T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
LPDDR2 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 768 GB
0 Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 28.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The MediaTek MT6517T has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is 125 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

MediaTek MT6517T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6517T has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 40 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Gold 6138F is at 28.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

MediaTek MT6517T Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
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 Q3/2017
-- Release price 2750 $
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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 MT6517T MediaTek MT6517T
PowerVR SGX531 @ 0.52 GHz
4 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
@ 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 MT6517T MediaTek MT6517T
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 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 MT6517T MediaTek MT6517T
2C 2T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6138F Intel Xeon Gold 6138F
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz
3069 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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