Intel Core Ultra 5 134U vs MediaTek MT6589

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Intel Core Ultra 5 134U CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6589
Intel Core Ultra 5 134U MediaTek MT6589

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U or MediaTek MT6589 - 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 Ultra 5 134U has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U was released in Q1/2024.

The MediaTek MT6589 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 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6589 was released in Q1/2013.
Intel Core Ultra 5 (10) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Core Ultra 100U (7) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
1 Generation 1
Meteor Lake U Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 14 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 5 134U is 0.70 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the MediaTek MT6589 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6589 is at 1.20 GHz.

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
12 Cores 4
14 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.70 GHz (4.40 GHz)
2x Redwood Cove
A-Core 1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A7
0.50 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core --
0.40 GHz (2.10 GHz)
2x Crestmont
C-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
Intel® AI Boost AI hardware --
Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U or MediaTek MT6589 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.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU PowerVR SGX544
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.29 GHz
1.75 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.29 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
5 nm Technology 45nm
4 Max. displays 1
64 Compute units 2
512 Shader 4
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.2 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.

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU PowerVR SGX544
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 102.4 GB/s. The MediaTek MT6589 supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 4.3 GB/s.

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
LPDDR5-6400 Memory LPDDR3-533, LPDDR2-533
64 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
102.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 4.3 GB/s
No ECC No
12.00 MB L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
23.6 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 5 134U is 9 W, while the MediaTek MT6589 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
9 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
30 W TDP (PL2) --
15 W TDP up --
-- TDP down --
110 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 5 134U is manufactured in 7 nm and has 12.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6589 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Intel Core Ultra 5 134U Characteristic MediaTek MT6589
7 nm Technology 28 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 2551 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2024 Release date Q1/2013
-- Release price --
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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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 1.75 GHz
1735 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
PowerVR SGX544 @ 0.29 GHz
9 (1%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
75 (100%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 0.70 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
134 (100%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 4.40 GHz
2095 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Ultra 5 134U Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
12C 14T @ 0.70 GHz
8614 (100%)
MediaTek MT6589 MediaTek MT6589
4C 4T @ 1.20 GHz
0 (0%)

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Intel Core Ultra 5 134U MediaTek MT6589
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