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MediaTek MT6572 vs Mediatek MT8389 vs Mediatek MT6589T

MediaTek MT6572

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The dual-core Mediatek MT6572 is an entry-level ARM SoC found in a number of Android smartphones and tablets. It contains two Cortex-A7 CPU cores and an ARM Mali-400 graphics card. The CPU cores are typically clocked at 1.2 GHz and the GPU core at 500 MHz. Furthermore, an LPDDR2 memory controller, a 2G/3G (HSPA+) radio, 720p video decoder, WLAN, Bluetooth and GPS modules are integrated onto the chip. 

Performance

As the Cortex A7 architecture is slightly slower per clock than the older Cortex-A9 or Krait cores, the CPU performance is approximately on the same level as a Samsung Exynos 4210 or similar. The ARM Mali-400 GPU is only an entry-level graphics card unsuited for demanding Android 3D games.

Power Consumption

Due to the power-efficient Cortex-A7 cores and the 28 nm manufacturing process, the power consumption of the Mediatek MT6572 is low enough to be used in smaller smartphones.

Mediatek MT8389

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The Mediatek MT8389 is a low-cost ARM SoC (System on a Chip) used 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 1.2 - 1.5 GHz, while the GPU is clocked at 300 MHz. The official specifications of the MT8389 are identical to the MT8125 SoC.

Performance

Since the Cortex-A7 architecture is somewhat slower than a Krait or Cortex-A9 design at the same clock speed, the performance of the MT8389 is just below Nvidia's Tegra 3 or the Samsung Exynos 4412. The PowerVR SGX 544 is also just a simple low-cost solution not designed for ultra-high resolution displays or very demanding games.

Features

In addition to processor and GPU, the SoC also integrates a decoder for 1080p video, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio, GPS and 2G/3G radios (up to HSPA+). 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 low enough to be a fit for tablets.

Mediatek MT6589T

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The Mediatek MT6589T is a low-end system-on-a-chip (SoC) found in many inexpensive smartphones. It is manufactured in 28 nm and integrates a Cortex-A7-based quad-core CPU clocked at 1.5 GHz, a PowerVR SGX544 GPU clocked at 357 MHz, dual SIM and UMTS/HSPA+ support (up to 21 Mbps) and 1080p30 video decoding and encoding.

Both the CPU and GPU offer performances similar to an Nvidia Tegra 3 or the Samsung Exynos 4412 and Mali-400 GPU. Performance-per-clock of the Cortex-A7 is only slightly below that of a Cortex-A9, which can be found in the two aforementioned rivals. The graphics unit offers sufficient power for multimedia tasks and simple games, but not for extremely high resolution displays or complex 3D graphics.

Thanks to the modern 28 nm manufacturing and comparatively low performance, the power consumption of the entire chip is likely very low in order to be compatible with smaller smartphones and battery capacities.

ModelMediaTek MT6572Mediatek MT8389Mediatek MT6589T
Series Mediatek Mediatek Mediatek
CodenameCortex-A7Cortex-A7Cortex-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 MT81211.3 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 MT6572 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores 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 MT8389 « 1.2 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 MT6580M1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65891.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
MediaTek MT65721.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65921.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT81271.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT6589T « 1.5 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 MT6580M1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
Mediatek MT65891.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A7
MediaTek MT65721.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Clock1200 MHz1200 - 1500 MHz1500 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB256 KB
L2 Cache1 MB1 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 44 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesHSPA+, TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, FM, Bluetooth, GPS, LPDDR2 Memory ControllerWi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, FM, 3G/HSPA+, 2G/EDGEUMTS/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, 533 MHz LPDDR2, 13 MP Camera ISP, 1080p30 encode/decode, PowerVR SGX544 @ 357 MHz
iGPUARM Mali-400 MPPowerVR SGX544 (300 MHz)PowerVR SGX544 (357 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.comwww.mediatek.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 2946     avg: 3647     median: 3765 (3%)     max: 4134 Points
213%
1 MT8389 +
min: 7384     avg: 7883     median: 8037 (7%)     max: 8227 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 2937     avg: 3692     median: 4000 (3%)     max: 4138 Points
198%
1 MT8389 +
min: 7174     avg: 7726     median: 7932 (6%)     max: 8071 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 MT6572 +
4320 Points (4%)
184%
1 MT8389 +
7962 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 473     avg: 550     median: 575 (1%)     max: 586 Points
186%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1042     avg: 1069     median: 1069 (2%)     max: 1096 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 254     avg: 304.2     median: 314 (6%)     max: 325 Points
104%
1 MT8389 +
325 Points (6%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 MT6572 +
247 Points (2%)
110%
1 MT8389 +
min: 266     avg: 272     median: 271 (2%)     max: 279 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 MT6572 +
628 Points (6%)
127%
1 MT8389 +
min: 767     avg: 806     median: 795 (7%)     max: 856 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 MT6572 +
840 Points (2%)
240%
1 MT8389 +
min: 2005     avg: 2023     median: 2018 (4%)     max: 2047 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 MT6572 +
487 Points (1%)
243%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1151     avg: 1184     median: 1181 (2%)     max: 1219 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 MT6572 +
614 Points (2%)
212%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1299     avg: 1311     median: 1301 (3%)     max: 1332 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 73.5     avg: 103.8     median: 88.4 (3%)     max: 149.4 MFLOPS
126%
1 MT8389 +
min: 35.21     avg: 87.9     median: 111.7 (4%)     max: 116.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 45.96     avg: 70.2     median: 59.3 (6%)     max: 105.3 MFLOPS
62%
1 MT8389 +
min: 36.62     avg: 57.6     median: 37 (4%)     max: 99.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 18280     avg: 21475     median: 21475 (25%)     max: 24670 ms
104%
1 MT8389 +
18661 ms (22%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 1430     avg: 1679     median: 1723 (19%)     max: 1841 ms
104%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1414     avg: 1455     median: 1464 (16%)     max: 1487 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT6572 +
1769 ms (17%)
105%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1319     avg: 1332     median: 1333 (13%)     max: 1344 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 1317     avg: 1588     median: 1587.5 (1%)     max: 1858 Points
85%
1 MT8389 +
1355 Points (1%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 MT6572 +
595 Points (16%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
100%
1 MT6572 +
644 Points (14%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
100%
1 MT6572 +
1326 Points (18%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 MT6572 +
2894 points (7%)
163%
1 MT8389 +
4706 points (11%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 MT8389 +
5967 Points (39%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 9434     avg: 10647     median: 10919 (25%)     max: 11317 Points
123%
1 MT8389 +
13430 Points (31%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 MT6572 +
12567 Points (13%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 MT6572 +
144 Iter./s (4%)
226%
1 MT8389 +
min: 294     avg: 317     median: 326 (10%)     max: 331 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 MT6572 +
2600 Iter./s (9%)
248%
1 MT8389 +
min: 6373     avg: 6440     median: 6437 (21%)     max: 6510 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 MT6572 +
min: 2924     avg: 3680     median: 3679.5 (0%)     max: 4435 Points
226%
1 MT8389 +
min: 8173     avg: 8297     median: 8323 (1%)     max: 8396 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT6572 +
1077 Points (5%)

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