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Apple A6 vs MediaTek MT8161 vs HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620

Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

MediaTek MT8161

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The MediaTek MT8161 is an ARM based entry-level to mid-range SoC for (Android based) tablets. It offers four ARM Cortex-A53 processor cores (quad-core) that are clocked with up to 1.3 GHz. Furthermore, an ARM Mali-720 graphics card, a LPDDR3 memory controller (e.g., accessing 1 GB in the Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50), Bluetooth 4.0 and dual-band 802.11 b/g/n are integrated in the SoC.

The performance is situated in the entry level of 2015 and often similar to the Kirin 910T (see benchmark below).

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620

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Coretex A9 Quad-Core - max 1.5 GHz, im Huawei Mediapad 10 FHD mit 1.2 GHz

ModelApple A6MediaTek MT8161HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620
SeriesApple Mediatek
Series:
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 « 1 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+STcores
unknown cores
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 « 1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 « 1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+STcores
unknown cores
Clock1000 MHz1300 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads24 / 44 / 4
Technology32 nm28 nm40 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
CodenameCortex-A53
FeaturesLP-DDR3 memory controller, 1080p video encode, 1080p video decode, embedded GPS / GLONASS / BeiDou module, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM Jazelle, ARM TrustZoneARMv7
iGPUARM Mali-T720 MP2

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
8693 Points (7%)
min: 3209     avg: 4477     median: 4894 (4%)     max: 5167 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
8398 Points (7%)
min: 5354     avg: 5357     median: 5357 (4%)     max: 5360 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 MT8161 +
9598 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
1094 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
327 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT8161 +
1838 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT8161 +
616 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
min: 439     avg: 489.9     median: 500 (4%)     max: 547 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
min: 940     avg: 1187     median: 1218 (11%)     max: 1290 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
min: 1793     avg: 2360     median: 2351 (5%)     max: 2731 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
min: 1000     avg: 1317     median: 1275 (3%)     max: 1591 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
min: 1209     avg: 1573     median: 1557 (4%)     max: 1819 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
min: 92.3     avg: 133.3     median: 138.1 (5%)     max: 151.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
min: 37.8     avg: 44.2     median: 46.6 (5%)     max: 48.71 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
24610 ms (29%)
26477 ms (31%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
1713 ms (19%)
min: 856     avg: 2197     median: 1610 (18%)     max: 4026 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
1654 ms (16%)
min: 1522     avg: 1643     median: 1540 (15%)     max: 2080 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
2510 Points (2%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 MT8161 +
911 Points (24%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
100%
1 MT8161 +
1398 Points (31%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
100%
1 MT8161 +
1866 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
7512 points (17%)
min: 4404     avg: 4736     median: 4736 (11%)     max: 5068 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 4820     avg: 5667     median: 5662 (37%)     max: 6713 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
14434 Points (34%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
26820 Points (27%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 MT8161 +
768 Iter./s (24%)
min: 92     avg: 191     median: 191 (6%)     max: 290 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 MT8161 +
7742 Iter./s (25%)
min: 8740     avg: 8897     median: 8897 (29%)     max: 9054 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
43768 Points (6%)
min: 8223     avg: 8737     median: 8678 (1%)     max: 9118 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
3396 Points (17%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks MediaTek MT8161 → 110% n=6

Average Benchmarks HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 → 72% n=6

- 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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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)