MediaTek MT6738 vs Intel Xeon W-3245

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MediaTek MT6738 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon W-3245
MediaTek MT6738 Intel Xeon W-3245

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT6738 or Intel Xeon W-3245 - 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 MT6738 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6738 was released in Q2/2016.

The Intel Xeon W-3245 has 16 cores with 32 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon W-3245 was released in Q2/2019.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
MediaTek MT67xx (17) CPU group Intel Xeon W-2200/3200 (17)
1 Generation 7
Cortex-A53 Architecture Cascade Lake W
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Xeon W-3345

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT6738 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6738 is 1.50 GHz while the Intel Xeon W-3245 has 16 CPU cores and 32 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon W-3245 is at 3.20 GHz (4.60 GHz).

MediaTek MT6738 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-3245
4 Cores 16
4 Threads 32
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 4.00 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 MT6738 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-3245
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek MT6738 or Intel Xeon W-3245 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.

ARM Mali-T860 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.35 GHz GPU frequency --
0.35 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 4 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
2 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- 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-T860 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
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT6738 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 5.3 GB/s. The Intel Xeon W-3245 supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

MediaTek MT6738 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-3245
LPDDR3-667 Memory DDR4-2933
4 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
5.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 22.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 64
-- PCIe Bandwidth 63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT6738 is --, while the Intel Xeon W-3245 has a TDP of 205 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT6738 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-3245
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 205 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6738 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon W-3245 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 22.00 MB cache.

MediaTek MT6738 Characteristic Intel Xeon W-3245
28 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
Q2/2016 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 1990 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT6738 (11%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT6738 (3%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 (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 MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
127 (11%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
1164 (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 MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
408 (3%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
16108 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
MediaTek MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
693 (2%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
30307 (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 MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
1369 (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 MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
11698 (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 MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.60 GHz
437 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-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 multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz
7444 (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 MT6738 MediaTek MT6738
ARM Mali-T860 MP2 @ 0.35 GHz
24 (100%)
Intel Xeon W-3245 Intel Xeon W-3245
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek MT6738 Intel Xeon W-3245
Unknown Apple Mac Pro (2019)

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