Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs MediaTek Helio P20

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Intel Core Ultra 7 165H CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek Helio P20
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H MediaTek Helio P20

CPU comparison

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or MediaTek Helio P20 - 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 7 165H has 16 cores with 22 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 96 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H was released in Q4/2023.

The MediaTek Helio P20 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P20 was released in Q3/2016.
Intel Core Ultra 7 (10) Family Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Core Ultra 100H (5) CPU group MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4)
1 Generation 2
Meteor Lake H Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 22 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is 1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the MediaTek Helio P20 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio P20 is at 2.30 GHz.

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
16 Cores 8
22 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove
A-Core 2.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
0.90 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
B-Core 1.30 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
0.70 GHz (2.50 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 7 165H Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
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 7 165H or MediaTek Helio P20 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 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU ARM Mali-T880 MP2
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.90 GHz
2.30 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation Midgard 4
5 nm Technology 16 nm
4 Max. displays 2
128 Compute units 2
1024 Shader 32
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.2 DirectX Version 11

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 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) GPU ARM Mali-T880 MP2
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H can use up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The MediaTek Helio P20 supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600 Memory LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933
96 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
18.00 MB L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache --
5.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is 28 W, while the MediaTek Helio P20 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
115 W TDP (PL2) --
65 W TDP up --
20 W TDP down --
110 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is manufactured in 7 nm and has 42.00 MB cache. The MediaTek Helio P20 is manufactured in 16 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Characteristic MediaTek Helio P20
7 nm Technology 16 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 2049 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q4/2023 Release date Q3/2016
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 (8%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 (3%)

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 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
1866 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
151 (8%)

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 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
13192 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
457 (3%)

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 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.30 GHz
4559 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 0.90 GHz
61 (1%)

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 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
2502 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 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 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
12545 (100%)
MediaTek Helio P20 MediaTek Helio P20
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core Ultra 7 165H MediaTek Helio P20
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