MediaTek Dimensity 8000 vs Intel Core i3-12100. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Intel Core i3
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 8000 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  3 12
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-11100

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 4 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A78 4x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 --
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G610 MP6 Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.40 GHz
• Execution units
  6 24
• Shader
  0 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 12
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  4 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12100 and MediaTek Dimensity 8000. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and Intel Core i3-12100 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  60 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 89 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and MediaTek Dimensity 8000, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Alder Lake S
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022