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MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Intel Core m5-6Y57

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 900
Rank 2 - 92 %
Intel Core m5-6Y57
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 900
Rank 2 - 55 %
Intel Core m5-6Y57
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
887
Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
821
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
2,279
Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
1,367
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
707
Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
644
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
2,135
Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C / 4T · 2.20 GHz
1,195

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Intel Core M (16)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 900 (3)Intel Core M 6 (4)
ArchitectureCortex-A78 / Cortex-A55Skylake Y
Technology6 nm14 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 1515
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A78
2.40 GHz
2x
1.10 - 2.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache2.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
GPU nameARM Mali-G68 MP4Intel HD Graphics 515
GPU frequency0.85 GHz0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 6424 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory16 GB
Technology6 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2020Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
MemoryLPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
TDP10 W4.5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 900Intel Core m5-6Y57
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2021Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 900
MediaTek Dimensity 900
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Intel Core m5-6Y57
Intel Core m5-6Y57
2C / 4T · 1.10 - 2.80 GHz

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