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Apple A6x vs MediaTek MT8161

Apple A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

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).

ModelApple A6xMediaTek MT8161
SeriesApple Mediatek
Series: Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 compare1 GHzcores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
JLQ JR510 compare1.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 935 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 659 compare2.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 658 compare2.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 655 compare2.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 650 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 930 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 620 compare1.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz compare1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8161 « 1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA1908 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1400 MHz1300 MHz
Cores / Threads24 / 4
Technology32 nm28 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
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 TrustZone
iGPUARM Mali-T720 MP2

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
8693 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
8398 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
9598 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6x +
781 Points (15%)
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 A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8161 +
24610 ms (29%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6x +
895 ms (8%)
1654 ms (16%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8161 +
1713 ms (19%)
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%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
26820 Points (27%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 MT8161 +
768 Iter./s (24%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 MT8161 +
7742 Iter./s (25%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 MT8161 +
43768 Points (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
3396 Points (17%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks MediaTek MT8161 → 100% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)