MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Intel Core i3-8130U. 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 8000U
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 8

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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• 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 620
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.00 GHz
• Execution units
  6 24
• Shader
  0 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 64 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 9.5
• Technology
  4 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2016

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 No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-8130U and MediaTek Dimensity 8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• ECC
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and Intel Core i3-8130U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and MediaTek Dimensity 8100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Kaby Lake U Refresh
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  N/A BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2018