MediaTek MT8167A vs Intel Pentium 3825U

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MediaTek MT8167A CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium 3825U
MediaTek MT8167A Intel Pentium 3825U

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8167A or Intel Pentium 3825U - 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 MT8167A has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8167A was released in Q2/2017.

The Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3825U was released in Q1/2015.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Pentium (150)
MediaTek MT81xx A35 (1) CPU group Intel Pentium 3000 (8)
1 Generation 4
Cortex-A35 Architecture Haswell U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8167A has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8167A is 1.50 GHz while the Intel Pentium 3825U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 3825U is at 1.90 GHz.

MediaTek MT8167A Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 1.90 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 MT8167A Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The MediaTek MT8167A or Intel Pentium 3825U 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.

PowerVR GE8300 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
0.55 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
-- GPU Generation 8
20 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
1 Compute units 12
-- Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
10 DirectX Version 11.2

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.

PowerVR GE8300 GPU Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The MediaTek MT8167A can use up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Pentium 3825U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

MediaTek MT8167A Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
LPDDR3, DDR4, DDR3 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT8167A is --, while the Intel Pentium 3825U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

MediaTek MT8167A Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8167A is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium 3825U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

MediaTek MT8167A Characteristic Intel Pentium 3825U
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
Q2/2017 Release date Q1/2015
-- Release price 145 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8167A (23%)
Intel Pentium 3825U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8167A (35%)
Intel Pentium 3825U (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
102 (23%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
443 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
341 (34%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1001 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
PowerVR GE8300 @ 0.55 GHz
35 (21%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz
163 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
479 (36%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
1340 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
387 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
781 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
77 (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 MT8167A MediaTek MT8167A
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium 3825U Intel Pentium 3825U
2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz
148 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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