MediaTek MT6750 vs Intel Pentium 3556U

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MediaTek MT6750 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 3556U
MediaTek MT6750 Intel Pentium 3556U

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT6750 or Intel Pentium 3556U - 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 MT6750 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6750 was released in Q2/2016.

The Intel Pentium 3556U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3556U was released in Q3/2013.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Pentium (150)
MediaTek MT67xx (17) CPU group Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
1 Generation 4
Cortex-A53 Architecture Haswell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT6750 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6750 is 1.50 GHz while the Intel Pentium 3556U has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 3556U is at 1.70 GHz.

MediaTek MT6750 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3556U
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 1.70 GHz
1.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
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 MT6750 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3556U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek MT6750 or Intel Pentium 3556U 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-T860 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
0.52 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.52 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.00 GHz
Midgard 4 GPU Generation 7.5
28nm Technology 22 nm
2 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 10
32 Shader 80
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.1

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-T860 MP2 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT6750 can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 5.3 GB/s. The Intel Pentium 3556U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

MediaTek MT6750 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3556U
LPDDR3-667 Memory LPDDR3-1333, LPDDR3-1600, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
4 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
5.3 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 10
-- PCIe Bandwidth 5.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT6750 is --, while the Intel Pentium 3556U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT6750 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3556U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek MT6750 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium 3556U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

MediaTek MT6750 Characteristic Intel Pentium 3556U
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1168
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2016 Release date Q3/2013
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT6750 (31%)
Intel Pentium 3556U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT6750 (88%)
Intel Pentium 3556U (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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
126 (31%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
408 (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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
596 (77%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
772 (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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
ARM Mali-T860 MP2 @ 0.52 GHz
35 (22%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz
160 (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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
1022 (98%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
1040 (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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
140 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
521 (100%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
66 (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 MT6750 MediaTek MT6750
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3556U Intel Pentium 3556U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
126 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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