MediaTek Dimensity 700 vs Intel Core i5-6500T

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MediaTek Dimensity 700 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-6500T
MediaTek Dimensity 700 Intel Core i5-6500T

CPU comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 700 or Intel Core i5-6500T - 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 MediaTek Dimensity 700 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 12 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Dimensity 700 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Core i5-6500T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-6500T was released in Q3/2015.
Mediatek Dimensity (36) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 (4) CPU group Intel Core i 6000 (24)
1 Generation 6
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Skylake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-7500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Dimensity 700 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Dimensity 700 is 2.20 GHz while the Intel Core i5-6500T has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-6500T is at 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz).

MediaTek Dimensity 700 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
8 Cores 4
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
A-Core 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz)
2.00 GHz
6x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

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.

MediaTek Dimensity 700 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek Dimensity 700 or Intel Core i5-6500T 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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
0.95 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.15 GHz
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation 9
7 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 24
32 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
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.

ARM Mali-G57 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 530
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Dimensity 700 can use up to 12 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 17.1 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-6500T supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

MediaTek Dimensity 700 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
LPDDR4X-2133 Memory DDR4-2133, DDR3-1600
12 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 6.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Dimensity 700 is --, while the Intel Core i5-6500T has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek Dimensity 700 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Dimensity 700 is manufactured in 7 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-6500T is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache.

MediaTek Dimensity 700 Characteristic Intel Core i5-6500T
7 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 1151
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 700 (69%)
Intel Core i5-6500T (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Dimensity 700 (69%)
Intel Core i5-6500T (100%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
544 (69%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
785 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1692 (69%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2449 (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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
722 (68%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1056 (100%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1858 (61%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
3068 (100%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz
243 (55%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
3622 (76%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
4764 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
809 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
2796 (100%)

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
352666 (100%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
327806 (100%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.50 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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
132 (100%)

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.
MediaTek Dimensity 700 MediaTek Dimensity 700
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-6500T Intel Core i5-6500T
4C 4T @ 2.80 GHz
464 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Dimensity 700 Intel Core i5-6500T
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