MediaTek Helio G70 vs Intel Core i5-3470. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Intel Core i5
• Generation
  1 3
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio G70/G80 Intel Core i 3000

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.

• Frequency
  1.70 GHz 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.00 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  2x Cortex-A75 --
• B core
  6x Cortex-A55 --

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-G52 MP2 Intel HD Graphics 2500
• GPU frequency
  0.82 GHz 0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  2 6
• Shader
  32 48
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 7
• DirectX Version
  12 11.0
• Technology
  16 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q2/2012

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3470 and MediaTek Helio G70. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1800 DDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  -- 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  -- 16

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G70 and Intel Core i5-3470 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  -- 77 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G70 and MediaTek Helio G70, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  -- SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55 Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  12 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q2/2012
• Part Number
  MT6769V/CB --