MediaTek MT6591 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6238T

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MediaTek MT6591 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
MediaTek MT6591 Intel Xeon Gold 6238T

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT6591 or Intel Xeon Gold 6238T - 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 MT6591 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6591 was released in Q1/2014.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6238T has 22 cores with 44 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6238T was released in Q2/2019.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) 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 MT6591 is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 6238T has 22 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz (3.70 GHz).

MediaTek MT6591 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
6 Cores 22
6 Threads 44
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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 MT6591 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
-- 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-450 MP4 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 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-450 MP4 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 MT6591 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6238T can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

MediaTek MT6591 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
LPDDR3, LPDDR2 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 30.25 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 MT6591 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6238T is 125 W.

MediaTek MT6591 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6591 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6238T cache has a total of 30.25 MB.

MediaTek MT6591 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
28 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
Q1/2014 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 2742 $
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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 MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6238T Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
22C 44T @ 3.70 GHz
1027 (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 MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
6C 6T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6238T Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
22C 44T @ 2.40 GHz
14206 (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 MT6591 MediaTek MT6591
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
36 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6238T Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek MT6591 Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
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