Intel Core i5-10500E vs MediaTek MT8125

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-10500E CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8125
Intel Core i5-10500E MediaTek MT8125

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-10500E or MediaTek MT8125 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i5-10500E has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-10500E was released in Q2/2020.

The MediaTek MT8125 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8125 was released in Q4/2013.
Intel Core i5 Family Mediatek MT-Serie
Intel Core i 10000 CPU group MediaTek MT81xx A7
10 Generation 1
Comet Lake S Architecture Cortex-A7
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i5-9500 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i5-10500E or MediaTek MT8125 can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.

6 Cores 4
12 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 1.20 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-10500E or MediaTek MT8125 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU PowerVR SGX544
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.26 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.26 GHz
9.5 GPU Generation
14 nm Technology 45nm
3 Max. displays 1
24 Execution units 2
192 Shader 4
64 GB Max. GPU Memory
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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.

Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second.

DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR2
128 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 0
45.8 GB/s Bandwidth --
No ECC No
L2 Cache 1.00 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache
3.0 PCIe version
16 PCIe lanes

Thermal Management

The Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU.

65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i5-10500E or MediaTek MT8125 as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.

14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions
LGA 1200 Socket N/A
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 Q4/2013
195 $ Release price --
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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 i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz
1062 (100%)
MediaTek MT8125 MediaTek MT8125
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
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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 i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
6C 12T @ 3.10 GHz
5520 (100%)
MediaTek MT8125 MediaTek MT8125
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)
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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 i5-10500E Intel Core i5-10500E
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
MediaTek MT8125 MediaTek MT8125
PowerVR SGX544 @ 0.26 GHz
8 (2%)
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Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-10500E MediaTek MT8125
Unknown Unknown

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