MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Intel Core i5-12450H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 8000 Intel Core i 12000H
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Intel Core i5
• Generation
  3 12
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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 4x Golden Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz (2.85 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 4x Gracemont
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.4 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 48
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 200 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G610 MP6 Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1200 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q2/2020
• Shader
  0 384
• Technology
  4 nm 10 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• 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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12450H and MediaTek Dimensity 8100. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 64 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  - 4.0 x 28

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and Intel Core i5-12450H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 115 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 and Intel Core i5-12450H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Alder Lake H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  - 7 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 12 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Socket
  - BGA 1744
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d