MediaTek MT6592 vs Intel Core i3-10100Y

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


MediaTek MT6592		Intel Core i3-10100Y
CPU comparison MediaTek MT6592 or Intel Core i3-10100Y - 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 MT6592 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6592 was released in Q4/2013. The Intel Core i3-10100Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-10100Y was released in Q1/2021.

Mediatek MT-Serie (72)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
1	Generation	10
Cortex-A9	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The MediaTek MT6592 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6592 is 2.00 GHz while the Intel Core i3-10100Y has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-10100Y is at 1.30 GHz (3.90 GHz).
MediaTek MT6592	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100Y
8	Cores	2
8	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz	Frequency	1.30 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.90 GHz

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 MT6592	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100Y
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The MediaTek MT6592 or Intel Core i3-10100Y 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-450 MP4	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 615
0.70 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
0.70 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.00 GHz
Utgard	GPU Generation	9.5
28nm	Technology	14 nm
1	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	24
64	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
0	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-450 MP4	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 615
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The MediaTek MT6592 can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 5.3 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-10100Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 30.0 GB/s.
MediaTek MT6592	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100Y
LPDDR3-667, LPDDR2-533	Memory	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
	Max. Memory	16 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
5.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	30.0 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	10
--	PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT6592 is --, while the Intel Core i3-10100Y has a TDP of 5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
MediaTek MT6592	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100Y
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	7 W
--	TDP down	3.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The MediaTek MT6592 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-10100Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
MediaTek MT6592	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100Y
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, AVX2
--	Socket	BGA
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q4/2013	Release date	Q1/2021
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek MT6592 (12%)

Intel Core i3-10100Y (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek MT6592 (19%)

Intel Core i3-10100Y (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	103 (12%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	875 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	334 (19%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1768 (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 MT6592 ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.70 GHz	42 (11%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y Intel UHD Graphics 615 @ 1.00 GHz	384 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	764 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1311 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1127 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1788 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	294 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	517 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	2953 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	121 (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 MT6592 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100Y 2C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	208 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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