MediaTek MT8732 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5220S

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MediaTek MT8732 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
MediaTek MT8732 Intel Xeon Gold 5220S

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8732 or Intel Xeon Gold 5220S - 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 MT8732 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8732 was released in Q4/2014.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5220S has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5220S was released in Q2/2019.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
MediaTek MT87xx A53 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
1 Generation 2
Cortex-A53 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8732 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8732 is 1.50 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 5220S has 18 CPU cores and 36 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5220S is at 2.70 GHz (3.90 GHz).

MediaTek MT8732 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
4 Cores 18
4 Threads 36
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 2.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.70 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 MT8732 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The MediaTek MT8732 or Intel Xeon Gold 5220S 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-T760 MP2 GPU no iGPU
0.50 GHz GPU frequency --
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 3 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-T760 MP2 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No 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
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT8732 can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 5220S supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s.

MediaTek MT8732 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
LPDDR3-800 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
6.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
0.51 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 24.75 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT8732 is --, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5220S has a TDP of 125 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT8732 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 125 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8732 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.51 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 5220S is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 24.75 MB cache.

MediaTek MT8732 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
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
Q4/2014 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 2000 $
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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 MT8732 MediaTek MT8732
ARM Mali-T760 MP2 @ 0.50 GHz
28 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5220S Intel Xeon Gold 5220S
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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