Intel Core i5-10400F vs MediaTek Helio G90T

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Intel Core i5-10400F CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio G90T
Intel Core i5-10400F MediaTek Helio G90T

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i5-10400F and the MediaTek Helio G90T and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i5-10400F 6 core processor released in Q2/2020 with the MediaTek Helio G90T which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2019.
Intel Core i5 (328) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Core i 10000 (43) CPU group MediaTek Helio G90 (4)
10 Generation 1
Comet Lake S Architecture Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i5-9400F Predecessor --
Intel Core i5-11400F Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-10400F is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz). The processor can compute 12 threads at the same time. The MediaTek Helio G90T clocks with 2.05 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i5-10400F Characteristic MediaTek Helio G90T
6 Cores 8
12 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.90 GHz (4.30 GHz) A-Core 2.05 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
-- B-Core 2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i5-10400F Characteristic MediaTek Helio G90T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP4
GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation Bifrost 3
Technology 7 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 4
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU ARM Mali-G76 MP4
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 128 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i5-10400F, while the MediaTek Helio G90T supports a maximum of 10 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 17.1 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i5-10400F Characteristic MediaTek Helio G90T
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
128 GB Max. Memory 10 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
12.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i5-10400F has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the MediaTek Helio G90T is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i5-10400F Characteristic MediaTek Helio G90T
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-10400F has 12.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of MediaTek Helio G90T is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 12 nm.

Intel Core i5-10400F Characteristic MediaTek Helio G90T
14 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
LGA 1200 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2020 Release date Q3/2019
157 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1120 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
485 (43%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
6014 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
1639 (27%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1433 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
633 (44%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
6322 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
1792 (28%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
12399 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
3289 (27%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
68 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
443 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
1120 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
8191 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
450 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
3197 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
ARM Mali-G76 MP4 @ 0.80 GHz
231 (100%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
327844 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
284863 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
110 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
458 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 2.90 GHz
3548 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz
190 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i5-10400F Intel Core i5-10400F
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz
1341 (100%)
MediaTek Helio G90T MediaTek Helio G90T
8C 8T @ 2.05 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-10400F MediaTek Helio G90T
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