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Mediatek MT8121 vs Intel Core i7-1185G7 vs Mediatek MT6580M

Mediatek MT8121

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The Mediatek MT8121 is a low-cost ARM SoC (System on a Chip) mainly used in tablets. It is manufactured in 28 nm and integrates a quad-core Cortex-A7 processor and a PowerVR SGX 544 GPU. The CPU cores are typically clocked at 1.3 GHz while the GPU is clocked at 156 MHz.

Performance

Since the Cortex-A7 architecture is somewhat slower than a Krait or Cortex-A9 design at the same clock speeds, the performance of the MT8121 is just below Nvidia's Tegra 3 or the Samsung Exynos 4412. The PowerVR SGX 544 is also just a low-cost solution not designed for ultra-high resolution displays or very demanding games.

Features

In addition to the processor and GPU, the SoC integrates a decoder for 1080p video, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 as well as GPS, but lacks a 2G/3G/4G radio. Cameras are supported up to a resolution of 13 MP.

Power consumption

Thanks to the energy-efficient A7 cores and 28 nm manufacturing, the power consumption is likely very low and suitable for even smaller tablets.

Intel Core i7-1185G7

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The Intel Core i7-1185G7 is a power-efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Tiger Lake-U generation (UP3) that was introduced September 2020. It integrates four Willow Cove processor cores (8 threads thanks to Hyper-Threading). Each core can clock from 1.2 GHz (12 W base clock speed), 3 GHz (28 W base clock speed) to 4.8 GHz (single-core boost). All cores at once can clock at up to 4.3 GHz. At the time of announcement, the i7-1185G7 is the fastest model of the line-up. Since early 2021, the i7-1185G7 supports management features like vPro.

Another novelty is the integrated Iris Xe iGPU based on the completely new Gen 12 architecture. It should offer a significantly higher performance compared to the older Iris Plus G7 (Ice Lake). In the i7-1185G7 it uses 96 EUs and clocks between 400 - 1,350 MHz. The GPU and CPU can together use the 12 MB of L3 cache.

Furthermore, Tiger Lake SoCs add PCIe 4 support (four lanes), AI hardware acceleration, and the partial integration of Thunderbolt 4/USB 4 and Wi-Fi 6 in the chip.

Performance

The average 1185G7 in our database is just as fast as AMD's hexa-core Ryzen 5 4500U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. While the i7 is not the fastest Tiger Lake chip by any stretch of imagination, it's more than usable for your productivity and creative apps, with a bit of gaming possible as well.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 55 W, the Stealth 15M A11SEK is among the fastest laptops powered by the 1185G7 that we know of. It can be almost twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This little Core i7 here has a default TDP of 12 W to 28 W, the expectation being that laptop manufacturers will go for a higher value in exchange for higher performance. Either way, that's a tad too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

The chip is manufactured on Intel's third-gen 10 nm process marketed as SuperFin for average, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Mediatek MT6580M

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The Mediatek MT6580M is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) for low-cost tablets and smartphones. It is manufactured in 28 nm and offers a quad-core Cortex-A7 processor (max 1.3 GHz) as well as an ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU (MP2 unconfirmed, but the similar MT6582 has a MP2 clocked at 416 MHz). Furthermore, the chip supports dual SIM, UMTS and HSPA+, WiFi, FM, Bluetooth and GPS. 

The CPU performance of the MT6580M is similar to other Cortex-A7 SoCs clocked at the same frequency. Depending on the benchmark, the CPU power is roughly comparable with the Nvidia Tegra 3 and sufficient for everyday applications such as browsing. The GPU will handle only simple Android games in moderate resolutions.

ModelMediatek MT8121Intel Core i7-1185G7Mediatek MT6580M
Series MediatekIntel Tiger Lake Mediatek
CodenameCortex-A7Tiger Lake-UP3Cortex-A7
Series: Mediatek Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65921.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT81271.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6589T1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT83891.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT81251.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT83211.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT8121 « 1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65821.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6582M1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6580M1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65891.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
MediaTek MT65721.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Intel Core i7-1195G72.9 - 5 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1185G7 « 3 - 4.8 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1165G72.8 - 4.7 GHz4 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1155G72.5 - 4.5 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1145G72.6 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1135G72.4 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1125G42 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1115G43 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores6 MB L3
Mediatek MT65921.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT81271.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6589T1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT83891.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT81251.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT83211.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT81211.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65821.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6582M1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6580M « 1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65891.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
MediaTek MT65721.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Clock1300 MHz3000 - 4800 MHz1300 MHz
L2 Cache1 MB5 MB512 KB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 84 / 4
Technology28 nm10 nm28 nm
FeaturesWi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPSDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266 RAM, PCIe 4, 4 GT/s bus, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, AVX-512, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, TMEMali-400 MP2 @ 416 MHz, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM
iGPUPowerVR SGX544 (156 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (400 - 1350 MHz)ARM Mali-400 MP2 (416 MHz)
ArchitectureARMx86ARM
Announced
L1 Cache320 KB128 KB
L3 Cache12 MB
TDP28 Watt
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketBGA1449
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.mediatek.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-1185G7
34.4 pt (48%)
Intel Core i7-1185G7
34.4
max:
72.1 110%
0%
100%
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3610     avg: 5324     median: 5383.5 (5%)     max: 6383 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1251     avg: 1449     median: 1455.5 (62%)     max: 1532 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 489     avg: 557     median: 558.5 (62%)     max: 593 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1425     avg: 2039     median: 2090 (5%)     max: 2493 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 617     avg: 859     median: 866 (5%)     max: 1066 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 168     avg: 215.4     median: 217 (65%)     max: 230 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 8.99     avg: 9.3     median: 9.3 (12%)     max: 9.67 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.52     avg: 2.5     median: 2.5 (63%)     max: 2.56 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8782     avg: 8872     median: 8872 (54%)     max: 8962 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 26426     avg: 27025     median: 27024.5 (20%)     max: 27623 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 35564     avg: 36392     median: 36391.5 (25%)     max: 37219 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 10927     avg: 11135     median: 11135 (14%)     max: 11343 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
240.4 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 5.71     avg: 6     median: 5.8 (1%)     max: 6.875 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6045 Points (10%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 18812     avg: 23288     median: 23471 (13%)     max: 27693 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3678     avg: 5112     median: 5153 (62%)     max: 5507 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
46.6 fps (16%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
198.8 fps (46%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 5.02     avg: 6.6     median: 6.6 (12%)     max: 8.13 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.8 GB/s (14%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5.8 GB/s (15%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1099     avg: 1103     median: 1102.5 (14%)     max: 1106 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 478     avg: 588     median: 578.5 (4%)     max: 745 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.55     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.615 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
9108 Points (19%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.1 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
15.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
380.4 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
29182 Points (26%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 5707     avg: 10641     median: 11284 (31%)     max: 12726 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
8296 Points (7%)
min: 69716     avg: 71020     median: 71351 (58%)     max: 71993 Points
min: 7465     avg: 7576     median: 7575.5 (6%)     max: 7686 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 69895     avg: 70538     median: 70537.5 (57%)     max: 71180 Points
min: 7371     avg: 7572     median: 7572 (6%)     max: 7773 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
8982 Points (8%)
min: 67339     avg: 69256     median: 69331.5 (58%)     max: 71022 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5114     avg: 8442     median: 8804 (22%)     max: 10133 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 7886     avg: 13151     median: 13684 (24%)     max: 14680 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2489     avg: 4447     median: 4495 (19%)     max: 5608 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
0 Points (0%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1398     avg: 1520     median: 1529 (65%)     max: 1626 Points
63 Points (3%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4620     avg: 5460     median: 5550 (10%)     max: 5944 Points
248 Points (0%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1217     avg: 1485     median: 1531.5 (7%)     max: 1561 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4542     avg: 5511     median: 5578.5 (18%)     max: 6349 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5587     avg: 6340     median: 6437 (64%)     max: 6682 Points
min: 394     avg: 421     median: 426 (4%)     max: 437 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 20763     avg: 22357     median: 22175 (24%)     max: 25403 Points
min: 1131     avg: 1167     median: 1161.5 (1%)     max: 1237 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6580M +
407 Points (6%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6580M +
1166 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 1125     avg: 1141     median: 1140.5 (2%)     max: 1156 Points
103%
1 MT6580M +
min: 1135     avg: 1165     median: 1170.5 (2%)     max: 1184 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT8121 +
351 Points (7%)
101%
1 MT6580M +
min: 354     avg: 355.5     median: 356 (7%)     max: 356 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6580M +
1171 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6580M +
350 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 MT8121 +
351 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 MT8121 +
836 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 MT8121 +
1975 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 MT8121 +
1156 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 MT8121 +
1298 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 221.9     avg: 247     median: 247 (8%)     max: 272 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 114.2     avg: 114.6     median: 114.6 (11%)     max: 115 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
16115 ms (19%)
min: 618     avg: 649     median: 645 (1%)     max: 695 ms
min: 14579     avg: 16993     median: 15157 (18%)     max: 21257 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 1452     avg: 1453     median: 1453 (16%)     max: 1454 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8121 +
1464 ms (14%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2085 Points (2%)
min: 59942     avg: 62365     median: 61608 (54%)     max: 66300 Points
min: 1645     avg: 2066     median: 2138.5 (2%)     max: 2280 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 189.4     avg: 189.9     median: 189.9 (55%)     max: 190.4 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 230     avg: 251.2     median: 253 (53%)     max: 270 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 MT8121 +
696 Points (19%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 8256     avg: 8492     median: 8492 (20%)     max: 8728 points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 16946     avg: 17314     median: 17314 (40%)     max: 17682 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 MT6580M +
min: 15185     avg: 22450     median: 23956.5 (8%)     max: 25237 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 MT6580M +
min: 2654     avg: 2929     median: 2969 (9%)     max: 3122 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 MT6580M +
min: 6403     avg: 8560     median: 8949 (11%)     max: 9938 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 MT6580M +
min: 7527     avg: 7814     median: 7615.5 (5%)     max: 8496 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 MT6580M +
min: 17073     avg: 19302     median: 19523 (3%)     max: 21088 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 358     avg: 367     median: 367 (11%)     max: 376 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 6678     avg: 6881     median: 6881 (23%)     max: 7084 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 9544     avg: 9761     median: 9761 (1%)     max: 9978 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
0 Points (0%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT6580M +
min: 2516     avg: 2715     median: 2695.5 (13%)     max: 3041 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1233     avg: 1343     median: 1325 (51%)     max: 1474 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 26.9     avg: 43.8     median: 44.6 (8%)     max: 59.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 33.7     avg: 48.1     median: 46.9 (9%)     max: 68.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
10.6 Watt (7%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
4.1 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 12.3     avg: 17.3     median: 17.5 (13%)     max: 21.1 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Mediatek MT8121 → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-1185G7 → 1177% n=4

Average Benchmarks Mediatek MT6580M → 96% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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