MediaTek MT8176 vs Intel Pentium D1508

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MediaTek MT8176 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium D1508
MediaTek MT8176 Intel Pentium D1508

CPU comparison

MediaTek MT8176 or Intel Pentium D1508 - 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 MT8176 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8176 was released in Q1/2016.

The Intel Pentium D1508 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium D1508 was released in Q4/2015.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family Intel Pentium (150)
MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53 (3) CPU group Intel Pentium D (5)
1 Generation 5
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Broadwell
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8176 is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The Intel Pentium D1508 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (2.60 GHz).

MediaTek MT8176 Characteristic Intel Pentium D1508
6 Cores 2
6 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 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 MT8176 Characteristic Intel Pentium D1508
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

PowerVR GX6250 GPU no iGPU
0.60 GHz GPU frequency --
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
28 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
32 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
10 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.

PowerVR GX6250 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 MT8176 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium D1508 can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

MediaTek MT8176 Characteristic Intel Pentium D1508
LPDDR3-933 Memory DDR4-2133
Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
14.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 32
-- PCIe Bandwidth 31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek MT8176 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Pentium D1508 is 25 W.

MediaTek MT8176 Characteristic Intel Pentium D1508
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 25 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8176 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium D1508 cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

MediaTek MT8176 Characteristic Intel Pentium D1508
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket AM1
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2016 Release date Q4/2015
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8176 (48%)
Intel Pentium D1508 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
MediaTek MT8176 (53%)
Intel Pentium D1508 (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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
314 (48%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
659 (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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
861 (62%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1387 (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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
1381 (43%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
3240 (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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
338 (100%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
782 (100%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
PowerVR GX6250 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (100%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
@ 0.00 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 MT8176 MediaTek MT8176
6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium D1508 Intel Pentium D1508
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
44 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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