MediaTek Helio G99 vs Intel Core i5-5250U

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MediaTek Helio G99 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-5250U
MediaTek Helio G99 Intel Core i5-5250U

CPU comparison

MediaTek Helio G99 or Intel Core i5-5250U - 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 Helio G99 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 Helio G99 was released in Q3/2022.

The Intel Core i5-5250U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5250U was released in Q1/2015.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
MediaTek Helio G99 (1) CPU group Intel Core i 5000U (16)
1 Generation 5
Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Broadwell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i5-4250U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio G99 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz. The Intel Core i5-5250U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz (2.70 GHz).

MediaTek Helio G99 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5250U
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz
2x Cortex-A76
A-Core 1.60 GHz (2.70 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 Helio G99 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5250U
Mediatek APU AI hardware --
MediaTek APU 2 @ 1 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

ARM Mali-G57 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics 6000
0.25 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
1.07 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation 8
7 nm Technology 14 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 48
32 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.2

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 6000
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Helio G99 supports a maximum of 12 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-5250U can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

MediaTek Helio G99 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5250U
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600
12 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek Helio G99 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i5-5250U is 15 W.

MediaTek Helio G99 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5250U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 9.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio G99 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-5250U cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

MediaTek Helio G99 Characteristic Intel Core i5-5250U
6 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 BGA 1168
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2022 Release date Q1/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio G99 (83%)
Intel Core i5-5250U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek Helio G99 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U (74%)

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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
543 (81%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
671 (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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1814 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1378 (76%)

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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
712 (84%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
845 (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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1874 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1621 (86%)

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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 1.07 GHz
274 (36%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
Intel HD Graphics 6000 @ 1.00 GHz
768 (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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
4243 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2488 (59%)

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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
658 (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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1537 (100%)

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 10 benchmark is one of the best-known benchmarks for mobile processors, which is now available in version 10. There is a version for Android-based smartphones and tablets, as well as a version for Apple mobile devices, i.e. iPhones and iPads.

The Antutu 10 benchmark has 3 phases. In the first phase, the device's RAM is tested, in phase 2 the graphics are tested and in the final phase the entire device is pushed to its performance limits by rendering 3D graphics.

Antutu 10 is therefore ideal for comparing the performance of different devices.
MediaTek Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
423245 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
369410 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 1.60 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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.70 GHz
110 (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 Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
264 (100%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
MediaTek Helio G99 MediaTek Helio G99
8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz
1 (100%)
Intel Core i5-5250U Intel Core i5-5250U
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Helio G99 Intel Core i5-5250U
Unknown Apple MacBook Air (2015)

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