MediaTek Dimensity 1080 vs Intel Core i7-2600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 10xx Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A78 -
• A-Core Frequency
  2.6 GHz -
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A55 -
• B-Core Frequency
  2 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 3.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - No turbo

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 10.1
• Execution units
  4 6
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 6
• GPU Frequency
  - 850 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G68 MP4 Intel HD Graphics 2000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1350 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q1/2011
• Shader
  64 48
• Technology
  6 nm 32 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 No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-2600 and MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 32 GB
• Memory channels
  0 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4XLPDDR5 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and Intel Core i7-2600 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)
  - 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and Intel Core i7-2600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Sandy Bridge S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  - 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  MT6877V/TTZA -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2011
• Socket
  - LGA 1155
• Technology
  6 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT