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MediaTek Dimensity 720 vs Intel Core i5-661

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 80 %
MediaTek Dimensity 720
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-661
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 720
Rank 2 - 77 %
Intel Core i5-661
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
477
Intel Core i5-661
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
597
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,569
Intel Core i5-661
2C / 4T · 3.33 GHz
1,308
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

MediaTek Dimensity 720
ARM Mali-G57 MP3
326
Intel Core i5-661
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
43

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At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 (4)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureCortex-A76 / Cortex-A55Clarkdale
Technology7 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A76
2.00 GHz
2x
3.33 - 3.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
GPU nameARM Mali-G57 MP3Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.85 GHz0.50 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader3 / 4812 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory4 GB2 GB
Technology7 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory12 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
TDP73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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MediaTek Dimensity 720Intel Core i5-661
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2020Q1/2010
Release price177 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 720
MediaTek Dimensity 720
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-661
Intel Core i5-661
2C / 4T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz

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