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Intel Core i7-8500Y vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000+

Last updated: 2025-12-12

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 i7-8500Y

Rank 2 - 82 %

MediaTek Dimensity 1000+

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 48 %

Intel Core i7-8500Y

Rank 1 - 100 %

MediaTek Dimensity 1000+

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

1,202

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

970

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,748

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

3,126

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

2C / 4T · 4.20 GHz

923

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

775

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

2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

1,445

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

4,507

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 615

403

ARM Mali-G77 MP9

979

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 8000Y (4)	MediaTek Dimensity 1000 (4)
Architecture	Amber Lake Y	Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	BGA 1515
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 1.50 - 4.20 GHz	4x Cortex-A77 2.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache	4.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 615	ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.05 GHz	0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	9 / 144
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	8 GB	4 GB
Technology	14 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q4/2018	Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
AI hardware		Mediatek APU 3.0
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
Memory	LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-1866 (29.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
TDP	5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-8500Y	MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
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	Q1/2019	Q2/2020
Release price	390 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-8500Y
2C / 4T · 1.50 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

★★★★★