MediaTek Helio X20 vs Intel Core i5-3210M. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X20 Intel Core i 3000M
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A72 -
• A-Core Frequency
  1.40 GHz (2.10 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  10 2
• CPU Threads
  10 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3.1 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 11.0
• Execution units
  4 16
• Generation
  Midgard 4 7
• GPU Frequency
  780 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T880 MP4 Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  780 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2011
• Shader
  64 128
• Technology
  16 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-3210M and MediaTek Helio X20. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  4 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X20 and Intel Core i5-3210M Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio X20 and Intel Core i5-3210M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Ivy Bridge H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  MT6797 -
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q2/2012
• Socket
  - BGA 1023
• Technology
  20 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d