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Intel Atom D525 vs Intel Atom N435 vs MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X

Intel Atom D525

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The Intel Atom D525 is a dual core processor that is intended for nettops, but also used in netbooks (like the Asus Eee PC 1215N). It consists out of two Atom cores clocked at 1.8 GHz and due to HyperThreading, the D525 is able to process four threads at a time. The D525 misses Speedstep and is therefore running at 1.8 GHz all the time (and using a lot more power than other Atoms without load).

In the processor package, the Atom D525 has an integrated DDR2/DDR3 memory controller and the GMA 3150 called graphics card.

The performance of the D525 can be on a level of slow clocked single core CPUs like the Intel SU2700 or AMD K125 if both cores are used. In single threaded applications, the performance is clearly worse and only on the level of a 1.8 GHz Atom CPU.

Intel Atom N435

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The Intel Atom N435 is a small and cheap entry level CPU for Netbooks and small laptops. In the package is an integrated memory controller for DDR2/DDR3 main memory and the GMA 3150 graphics card

The performance of the whole system (Atom N435 and integrated GMA 3150) is only sufficient for basic tasks like surfing the web, or office working. HD video, video cutting, advanced photo editing, multitasking and of course gaming may overstrain the GPU and CPU. Compared to the previous Atom generation, the performance of the CPU is on a level with the slow Atom Z520.

An advantage of the interation, is the small overall power consumption of the CPU, GPU and memory controller (only 5 Watt TDP). Therefore, the chip is ideally used in small Netbooks and thin laptops.

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X

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The Mediatek Helio X27 MT6797X is an upper mainstream ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based). It is manufactured in a 20 nm process and is equipped with 10 CPU cores. Two fast Cortex-A72 cores are running at up to 2.6 GHz (performance), four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 2 GHz (balanced) and four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 1.6 GHz (efficiency). All cores support 64-bit and the utilization of three clusters is supposed to improve efficiency according to Mediatek. The two A72 cores are only designed for short "Burst-Performance scenarios" according to Mediatek and are probably not used for sustained workloads. Compared to the similar named MT6797, the MT6797X was introduced later and offers higher clock speeds for CPU and GPU.

The integrated ARM Mali T880 MP4 (according to Wikipedia) GPU is clocked at up to 875 MHz and has four cluster (from 16) from the Midgard (4th Gen) architecture.

The chip also includes an LTE modem (Cat. 6 300/50 Mbps, DC-HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, EDGE, CDMA2000, ...) as well as a WLAN 802.11ac (280 Mbps) modem. GPS/Glonass/BeiDou is supported for location. The integrated video encoder can handle up to 4Kx2K H.265 at 30 fps and HDR. The SoC can also decode H.265, H.264 and VP9 in 4K30. 

Power Consumption

The processor is manufactured in a 20 nm process at TSMC and should have an average power consumption under load.

ModelIntel Atom D525Intel Atom N435MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X
SeriesIntel AtomIntel AtomMediatek Mediatek Helio 20
CodenamePinetrailPinetrail
Series: Atom Pinetrail
Intel Atom D525 « 1.8 GHz2 / 4 cores
Intel Atom N4551.66 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom N4501.66 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom N4351.33 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom D5251.8 GHz2 / 4 cores
Intel Atom N4551.66 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom N4501.66 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom N435 « 1.33 GHz1 / 2 cores
Clock1800 MHz1333 MHz2600 MHz
L1 Cache112 KB
L2 Cache1 MB512 KB
Cores / Threads2 / 41 / 210 / 10
TDP18 Watt5 Watt
Transistors176 Million
Technology45 nm, 0.8-1.175V45 nm
Die Size87 mm2
max. Temp.100 °C
Socket559 FCBGA8FCBGA559
FeaturesIntegrated DDR2/DDR3 memory controller, on chip GMA 3150 graphics card, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Sup SSE3, EM64T, Hyper-Threading, Execute Disable Bitintegrated DDR2/DDR3 memory controller, integrated GMA 3150 GPU, Hyperthreading2x Cortex-A72 2.6 GHz (Performance), 4x Cortex-A53 2 GHz (Balance), 4x Cortex-A53 1.6 GHz (Efficiency)
Architecturex86x86ARM
$63 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comwww.mediatek.com
FSB533
iGPUARM Mali-T880 MP4 ( - 875 MHz)

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 D525 +
0.6 Points (1%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 D525 +
min: 585     avg: 610     median: 609.5 (4%)     max: 634 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 D525 +
min: 1308     avg: 1596     median: 1707 (1%)     max: 1773 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 D525 +
min: 1692     avg: 1714     median: 1714 (20%)     max: 1736 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 D525 +
min: 54     avg: 55.3     median: 55.3 (11%)     max: 56.5 s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 D525 +
min: 816     avg: 891     median: 891 (2%)     max: 966 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 D525 +
min: 80     avg: 83.3     median: 82 (18%)     max: 88 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 D525 +
min: 184     avg: 188     median: 188 (8%)     max: 192 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 D525 +
min: 3925     avg: 3991     median: 3991 (18%)     max: 4057 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 D525 +
min: 8800     avg: 8964     median: 8964 (4%)     max: 9128 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 D525 +
min: 7580     avg: 7599     median: 7599 (6%)     max: 7618 MFLOPS
PCMark 05 - PCMark 05 - Standard
2292 Points (5%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 D525 +
3.5 Points (45%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
100%
1 D525 +
1915 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 MT6797X +
8427 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 MT6797X +
8496 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 9771     avg: 10915     median: 10713 (9%)     max: 12462 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 1372     avg: 1626     median: 1702 (20%)     max: 1804 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 1547     avg: 1709     median: 1709 (20%)     max: 1871 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 1352     avg: 1632     median: 1690 (17%)     max: 1797 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 3590     avg: 4554     median: 4781.5 (5%)     max: 5064 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 4261     avg: 7150     median: 7244 (8%)     max: 9851 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 5909     avg: 6943     median: 6031.5 (5%)     max: 9798 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
0 Points (0%)
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 MT6797X +
75939 Points (26%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 5405     avg: 6054     median: 6097.5 (19%)     max: 6616 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 23733     avg: 25991     median: 26498.5 (33%)     max: 27232 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 26786     avg: 27756     median: 27779 (9%)     max: 28680 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 44590     avg: 48162     median: 49155 (30%)     max: 49746 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 105872     avg: 107962     median: 107561 (19%)     max: 110854 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 MT6797X +
159874 Points (21%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 MT6797X +
2807 Points (15%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 MT6797X +
2598 Points (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 4077     avg: 4427     median: 4467 (29%)     max: 4695 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT6797X +
min: 4922     avg: 5353     median: 5252 (26%)     max: 5984 Points

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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