Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240L

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Intel Xeon Gold 6240L

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 and the Intel Xeon Gold 6240L and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 8 core processor released in Q4/2016 with the Intel Xeon Gold 6240L which has 18 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2019.
Qualcomm Snapdragon (103) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
4 Generation 2
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.95 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240L clocks with 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz), has 18 CPU cores and can calculate 36 threads in parallel.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
8 Cores 18
8 Threads 36
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.95 GHz
4x Cortex-A72
A-Core 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz)
1.44 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

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 653 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
Qualcomm AI engine AI hardware --
Hexagon AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Qualcomm Adreno 510 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
14 nm Technology
0 Max. displays
-- Compute units --
128 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 510 GPU no iGPU
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

Up to 8 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 653, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240L supports a maximum of 4608 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 140.7 GB/s enabled.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
LPDDR3-1866 Memory DDR4-2933
8 GB Max. Memory 4608 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
14.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 140.7 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Xeon Gold 6240L is 150 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of Intel Xeon Gold 6240L is at 24.75 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
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
Q4/2016 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 (26%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L (0%)

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 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
287 (26%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
18C 36T @ 3.90 GHz
1102 (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 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
1026 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
279 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
18C 36T @ 3.90 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz
866 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 653 Qualcomm Snapdragon 653
Qualcomm Adreno 510 @ 0.60 GHz
154 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240L Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 Intel Xeon Gold 6240L
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