MediaTek MT8121 vs Intel Xeon E-2378G

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MediaTek MT8121 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon E-2378G
MediaTek MT8121 Intel Xeon E-2378G

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8121 or Intel Xeon E-2378G - 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 MT8121 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8121 was released in Q4/2013.

The Intel Xeon E-2378G has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E-2378G was released in Q3/2021.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon E (44)
MediaTek MT81xx A7 (5) CPU group Intel Xeon E-2300 (10)
1 Generation 3
Cortex-A7 Architecture Rocket Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon E-2278G
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8121 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8121 is 1.30 GHz while the Intel Xeon E-2378G has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon E-2378G is at 2.80 GHz (5.10 GHz).

MediaTek MT8121 Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2378G
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 2.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 5.10 GHz
-- 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 MT8121 Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2378G
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The MediaTek MT8121 or Intel Xeon E-2378G 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 SGX544 GPU Intel UHD Graphics P750
0.16 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.16 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
-- GPU Generation 12
45nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 64
4 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 12

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 SGX544 GPU Intel UHD Graphics P750
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT8121 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon E-2378G supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

MediaTek MT8121 Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2378G
Memory DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 128 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 4.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT8121 is --, while the Intel Xeon E-2378G has a TDP of 80 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT8121 Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2378G
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 80 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8121 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon E-2378G is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 20.00 MB cache.

MediaTek MT8121 Characteristic Intel Xeon E-2378G
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 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2013 Release date Q3/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8121 (4%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8121 (2%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G (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 MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
71 (4%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
1908 (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 MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
239 (2%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10298 (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 MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
PowerVR SGX544 @ 0.16 GHz
5 (1%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
Intel UHD Graphics P750 @ 1.30 GHz
666 (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 MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2348 (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 MT8121 MediaTek MT8121
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon E-2378G Intel Xeon E-2378G
8C 16T @ 2.80 GHz
10189 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek MT8121 Intel Xeon E-2378G
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