MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Intel Core i5-8500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 8000 Intel Core i 8000
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Intel Core i5
• Generation
  3 8
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i5-7500
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Successor
  - Intel Core i5-9500

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A78 -
• A-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz (2.85 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3.7 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  6 24
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G610 MP6 Intel UHD Graphics 630
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 64 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q4/2017
• Shader
  0 192
• Technology
  4 nm 14 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-8500 and MediaTek Dimensity 8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 128 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-2666
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and Intel Core i5-8500 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and Intel Core i5-8500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Coffee Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  - 9 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2018
• Socket
  - LGA 1151-2
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d