Intel Pentium Gold G5400T vs MediaTek MT8168

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium Gold G5400T CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT8168
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T MediaTek MT8168

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T or MediaTek MT8168 - 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 Pentium Gold G5400T has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T was released in Q2/2018.

The MediaTek MT8168 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8168 was released in Q2/2020.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
Intel Pentium G5000 (8) CPU group MediaTek MT816x 12nm (1)
8 Generation 2
Coffee Lake S Architecture Cortex-A53
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Pentium G4400T Predecessor --
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G5400T is 3.10 GHz while the MediaTek MT8168 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8168 is at 2.00 GHz.

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
2 Cores 4
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.10 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T or MediaTek MT8168 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 HD Graphics 610 GPU ARM Mali-G52 MP1
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.85 GHz
1.05 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation Bifrost 2
14 nm Technology 16 nm
3 Max. displays 2
12 Compute units 1
96 Shader 16
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 12

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 HD Graphics 610 GPU ARM Mali-G52 MP1
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 38.4 GB/s. The MediaTek MT8168 supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 14.9 GB/s.

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
DDR4-2400 Memory LPDDR4X-1866, LPDDR4-1600
64 GB Max. Memory 3 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 14.9 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium Gold G5400T is 35 W, while the MediaTek MT8168 has a TDP of 3 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 3 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
25 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium Gold G5400T is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT8168 is manufactured in 12 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Characteristic MediaTek MT8168
14 nm Technology 12 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
LGA 1151 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q2/2018 Release date Q2/2020
64 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 (25%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 (34%)

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 Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
794 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
165 (21%)

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 Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1762 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
524 (30%)

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 Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
658 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
188 (29%)

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 Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1365 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
520 (38%)

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 Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
ARM Mali-G52 MP1 @ 0.85 GHz
26 (13%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3169 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
129 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400T Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
323 (100%)
MediaTek MT8168 MediaTek MT8168
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium Gold G5400T MediaTek MT8168
Unknown Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020)
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)

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