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Intel Core i5-8265U vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Rank 2 - 90 %

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 87 %

Intel Core i5-8265U

Rank 1 - 100 %

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

1,286

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

1,125

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

3,267

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,631

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

909

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

839

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

2,806

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,328

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 620

422

ARM Mali-G77 MP9

979

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000U (WL) (8)	MediaTek Dimensity 8000 (4)
Architecture	Whiskey Lake U	Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Technology	14 nm	5 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	BGA 1356
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x 1.60 - 3.90 GHz	4x Cortex-A78 2.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 620	ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.10 GHz	0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	9 / 144
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB	4 GB
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q3/2016	Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
TDP	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-8265U	MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2018	Q2/2023
Release price	385 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-8265U is 3.8 stars (86 ratings), while MediaTek Dimensity 8020 has received 4.5 stars (37 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-8265U
4C / 8T · 1.60 - 3.90 GHz

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 8020
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

★★★★★