Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y

CPU comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y - 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 Platinum 8260Y has 24 cores with 48 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 Platinum 8260Y was released in Q2/2019.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (104) Family Intel Xeon Platinum (89)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 205-212 (4) CPU group Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21)
2 Generation 2
Cortex-A7 Architecture Cascade 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 Platinum 8260Y has 24 CPU cores and 48 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y is at 2.40 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
4 Cores 24
4 Threads 48
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.30 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon QDSP6 AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 or Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y 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 Platinum 8260Y supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
LPDDR3-1066, LPDDR2-1066 Memory DDR4-2933
4 GB Max. Memory 1024 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
4.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 35.75 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 Platinum 8260Y has a TDP of 165 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 165 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 Platinum 8260Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 35.75 MB cache.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
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
2015 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price --
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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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
1128 (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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz
19402 (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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz
366 (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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
Qualcomm Adreno 304 @ 0.40 GHz
19 (100%)
Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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