MediaTek Kompanio 1200 vs Intel Pentium G860

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MediaTek Kompanio 1200 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium G860
MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Intel Pentium G860

CPU comparison

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 or Intel Pentium G860 - 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 Kompanio 1200 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 was released in Q1/2021.

The Intel Pentium G860 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G860 was released in Q3/2011.
Mediatek Kompanio (9) Family Intel Pentium (150)
MediaTek Kompanio 900/1200/1300 (4) CPU group Intel Pentium G800 (2)
3 Generation 3
Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Architecture Sandy Bridge S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Kompanio 1200 is 2.60 GHz while the Intel Pentium G860 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium G860 is at 3.00 GHz.

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Characteristic Intel Pentium G860
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A78
A-Core 3.00 GHz
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Characteristic Intel Pentium G860
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 or Intel Pentium G860 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 MP5 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
0.01 GHz GPU frequency 0.85 GHz
0.01 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
Vallhall 1 GPU Generation 6
7 nm Technology 32 nm
2 Max. displays 2
5 Compute units 6
80 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 10.1

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 MP5 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
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 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 can use up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 17.1 GB/s. The Intel Pentium G860 supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s.

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Characteristic Intel Pentium G860
LPDDR4X-2133 Memory DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333
Max. Memory 32 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
17.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 21.3 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek Kompanio 1200 is --, while the Intel Pentium G860 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Characteristic Intel Pentium G860
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek Kompanio 1200 is manufactured in 6 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium G860 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Characteristic Intel Pentium G860
6 nm Technology 32 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket LGA 1155
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2021 Release date Q3/2011
-- Release price --
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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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
ARM Mali-G57 MP5 @ 0.01 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
106 (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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
611 (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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1115 (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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
500 (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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
882 (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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
1455 (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 Kompanio 1200 MediaTek Kompanio 1200
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium G860 Intel Pentium G860
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz
574 (100%)

Devices using this processor

MediaTek Kompanio 1200 Intel Pentium G860
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