MediaTek Helio G88
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
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MediaTek Helio G88 vs Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2020
MediaTek Helio G88
MediaTek Helio G88
Released
Q1/2021
Overall score
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Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

What's the best choice MediaTek Helio G88 or Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

MediaTek Helio G88 has a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. 8 Cores. Released in Q2/2020.

Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y has a maximum frequency of 1.10 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 5 W. Released in Q1/2021.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1661 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 39% better clock speed

    1.80 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • More number of cores

    6 times more cores

    8 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions MediaTek Helio G88 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1293 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1196 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1642 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    70 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1544 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 41 % better overclocked clock speed

    3.40 GHz left arrow 2.00 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    686 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1057 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1084 place

Specifications

Technical data
MediaTek Helio G88 MediaTek Helio G88
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Mediatek Helio left arrow Intel Pentium
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 10
  • CPU group
    MediaTek Helio G70/G80 left arrow Intel Pentium 6000Y
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow No
  • Successor
    -- left arrow No
CPU Technical specs

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
    1.80 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.00 GHz left arrow 3.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
IGPU

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 left arrow Intel HD Graphics 615
  • GPU frequency
    1.00 GHz left arrow 0.30 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow 0.90 GHz
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow 24
  • Shader
    32 left arrow 192
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 16 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 3
  • Generation
    Bifrost 2 left arrow 9.5
  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Technology
    16 nm left arrow 14nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2020 left arrow Q2/2016
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y and MediaTek Helio G88. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-1800 left arrow DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR3-1866
  • Max. Memory
    8 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G88 and Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    -- left arrow 5 W
  • TDP up
    -- left arrow 7 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    -- left arrow No
  • TDP down
    -- left arrow 3.5 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 100 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G88 and MediaTek Helio G88, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    -- left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55 left arrow Amber Lake U
  • Technology
    12 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow BGA 1515
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q1/2021

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between MediaTek Helio G88 and Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
359
MediaTek Helio G88
862
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1289
MediaTek Helio G88
1612
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
62
MediaTek Helio G88
346
Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y

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