MediaTek MT6580 vs Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

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MediaTek MT6580 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
MediaTek MT6580 Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the MediaTek MT6580 and the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the MediaTek MT6580 4 core processor released in 2015 with the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2020.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon Bronze (6)
MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) CPU group Intel Xeon Bronze 3200 (2)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A9 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT6580 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz. The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R clocks with 1.90 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

MediaTek MT6580 Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 MT6580 Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
-- 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.

ARM Mali-400 GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
0.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
1 Max. displays
1 Compute units --
16 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 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-400 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 1 memory channels is supported by the MediaTek MT6580, while the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R supports a maximum of 1024 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 102.3 GB/s enabled.

MediaTek MT6580 Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
LPDDR3-533, LPDDR2-533 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
4.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.3 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 MediaTek MT6580 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R is 85 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

MediaTek MT6580 Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6580 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R is at 11.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

MediaTek MT6580 Characteristic Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions 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
2015 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price 327 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT6580 (12%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT6580 (6%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R (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 MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
67 (12%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
538 (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 MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
211 (6%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
3786 (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 MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
742 (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 MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz
4026 (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 MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
ARM Mali-400 @ 0.40 GHz
4 (100%)
Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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