Samsung Exynos 4212 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6240

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Samsung Exynos 4212 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
Samsung Exynos 4212 Intel Xeon Gold 6240

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 4212 or Intel Xeon Gold 6240 - 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 Samsung Exynos 4212 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 4212 was released in Q3/2011.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 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 6240 was released in Q2/2019.
Samsung Exynos (46) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
Samsung Exynos 4212 (1) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
2 Generation 2
Cortex-A9 Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 4212 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 has 18 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.90 GHz).

Samsung Exynos 4212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
2 Cores 18
2 Threads 36
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.20 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.

Samsung Exynos 4212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-400 MP4 GPU no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
0.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
1 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
64 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 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-400 MP4 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 4212 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6240 can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

Samsung Exynos 4212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
LPDDR2-400 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 1024 GB
0 Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 24.75 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Samsung Exynos 4212 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Xeon Gold 6240 is 150 W.

Samsung Exynos 4212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 150 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 4212 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6240 cache has a total of 24.75 MB.

Samsung Exynos 4212 Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6240
32 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown 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
Q3/2011 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 2448 $
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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.
Samsung Exynos 4212 Samsung Exynos 4212
ARM Mali-400 MP4 @ 0.40 GHz
14 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 Intel Xeon Gold 6240
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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