MediaTek Helio X25 vs Intel Core i9-10900K

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


MediaTek Helio X25		Intel Core i9-10900K
CPU comparison MediaTek Helio X25 or Intel Core i9-10900K - 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 X25 has 10 cores with 10 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio X25 was released in Q4/2015. The Intel Core i9-10900K has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-10900K was released in Q2/2020.

Mediatek Helio (37)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
MediaTek Helio X20 (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
2	Generation	10
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i9-9900K
--	Successor	Intel Core i9-11900K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The MediaTek Helio X25 is a 10 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz. The Intel Core i9-10900K has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (5.30 GHz).
MediaTek Helio X25	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900K
10	Cores	10
10	Threads	20
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
2.50 GHz 2x Cortex-A72	A-Core	3.70 GHz (5.30 GHz)
1.55 GHz 4x Cortex-A53	B-Core	--
-- 4x Cortex-A53	C-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 X25	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900K
--	AI hardware	--
--	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-T880 MP4	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.85 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
0.85 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.20 GHz
Midgard 4	GPU Generation	9.5
16 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	24
64	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
11	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-T880 MP4	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The MediaTek Helio X25 supports a maximum of 4 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-10900K can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
MediaTek Helio X25	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900K
LPDDR3-800	Memory	DDR4-2933
4 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
6.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	46.9 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	20.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	16
--	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek Helio X25 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i9-10900K is 125 W.
MediaTek Helio X25	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900K
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	125 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	95 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The MediaTek Helio X25 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i9-10900K cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
MediaTek Helio X25	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-10900K
20 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 1200
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2015	Release date	Q2/2020
--	Release price	490 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek Helio X25 (23%)

Intel Core i9-10900K (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek Helio X25 (9%)

Intel Core i9-10900K (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 Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	320 (23%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	1417 (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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	1265 (11%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	11344 (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 Helio X25 ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.85 GHz	116 (25%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz	461 (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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	1507 (6%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	23706 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	MediaTek Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	80 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	MediaTek Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	936 (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 Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	1382 (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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	15945 (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 Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	1743 (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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	8990 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	645 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	6419 (100%)

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 Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	95768 (100%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	MediaTek Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	240 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	MediaTek Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	126 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	MediaTek Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	580 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	MediaTek Helio X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 3.70 GHz	7347 (100%)

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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 5.30 GHz	232 (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 X25 10C 10T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	2668 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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