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Intel Core i5-8500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7020

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500
Rank 2 - 66 %
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-8500
Rank 2 - 41 %
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,364
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
914
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
5,297
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
2,292
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
1,086
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
696
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.70 GHz
4,761
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
1,877
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i5-8500
Intel UHD Graphics 630
442
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
PowerVR IMG BXM-8-256
225

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-8500MediaTek Dimensity 7020
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupIntel Core i 8000 (20)MediaTek Dimensity 7000 (3)
ArchitectureCoffee Lake SCortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
Technology14 nm6 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketLGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i5-7500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-9500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x
3.00 - 4.10 GHz
2x Cortex-A78
2.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache9.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 630PowerVR IMG BXM-8-256
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.15 GHz0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays30
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-8500MediaTek Dimensity 7020
TDP65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-8500MediaTek Dimensity 7020
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxAndroid
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2018Q1/2023
Release price190 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-8500
Intel Core i5-8500
6C / 6T · 3.00 - 4.10 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
MediaTek Dimensity 7020
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

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