MediaTek MT6572 vs Intel Atom C3508

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MediaTek MT6572 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Atom C3508
MediaTek MT6572 Intel Atom C3508

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT6572 or Intel Atom C3508 - 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 MT6572 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6572 was released in Q2/2013.

The Intel Atom C3508 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Atom C3508 was released in Q3/2017.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Atom (108)
MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) CPU group Intel Atom C3000 (20)
1 Generation 5
Cortex-A9 Architecture Denverton
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT6572 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6572 is 1.40 GHz while the Intel Atom C3508 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Atom C3508 is at 1.60 GHz.

MediaTek MT6572 Characteristic Intel Atom C3508
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.40 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 MT6572 Characteristic Intel Atom C3508
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The MediaTek MT6572 or Intel Atom C3508 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-400 GPU no iGPU
0.50 GHz GPU frequency --
0.50 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Utgard GPU Generation --
28nm Technology
1 Max. displays
1 Compute units --
16 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
0 DirectX Version --

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-400 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT6572 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Atom C3508 supports up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.

MediaTek MT6572 Characteristic Intel Atom C3508
LPDDR2 Memory DDR4-1866
Max. Memory 256 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT6572 is --, while the Intel Atom C3508 has a TDP of 11.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT6572 Characteristic Intel Atom C3508
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 11.5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6572 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Atom C3508 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

MediaTek MT6572 Characteristic Intel Atom C3508
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1310
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price 86 $
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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 MT6572 MediaTek MT6572
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom C3508 Intel Atom C3508
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
250 (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 MT6572 MediaTek MT6572
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom C3508 Intel Atom C3508
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
660 (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 MT6572 MediaTek MT6572
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom C3508 Intel Atom C3508
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
215 (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 MT6572 MediaTek MT6572
2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Atom C3508 Intel Atom C3508
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
711 (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 MT6572 MediaTek MT6572
ARM Mali-400 @ 0.50 GHz
5 (100%)
Intel Atom C3508 Intel Atom C3508
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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