Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 vs Intel Xeon Gold 5318H

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Intel Xeon Gold 5318H

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 or Intel Xeon Gold 5318H - 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 was released in 2015.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5318H has 18 cores with 36 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1146 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318H was released in Q2/2020.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (102) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 205-212 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (6)
2 Generation 3
Cortex-A7 Architecture Cooper Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 is 1.30 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H has 18 CPU cores and 36 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H is at 2.50 GHz (3.80 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
4 Cores 18
4 Threads 36
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP6 AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 or Intel Xeon Gold 5318H 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 304 GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
0.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
3 GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
24 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.

Qualcomm Adreno 304 GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 4.3 GB/s. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318H supports up to 1146 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 128.1 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
LPDDR3-1066, LPDDR2-1066 Memory DDR4-2666
4 GB Max. Memory 1146 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
4.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 is --, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5318H has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 5318H is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 24.75 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
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 P+
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
2015 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price --
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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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
Qualcomm Adreno 304 @ 0.40 GHz
19 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5318H Intel Xeon Gold 5318H
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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