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Mediatek MT6582 vs Mediatek MT8121 vs Mediatek MT8321

Mediatek MT6582

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The Mediatek MT6582 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 as well as an ARM Mali-400 MP2 GPU clocked at 500 MHz (according to Wikipedia the main difference to the MT6582M that is clocked at 416 MHz). Furthermore, the chip supports dual SIM, UMTS and HSPA+, WiFi, FM, Bluetooth and GPS. 

The CPU performance of the MT6582 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.

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.

Mediatek MT8321

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The Mediatek MT8321 is a low-cost ARM SoC (System on a Chip) mainly used in smartphones. It is most likely manufactured in 28 nm and integrates a quad-core Cortex-A7 processor and a ARM Mali-400 MP2. The CPU cores are clocked at up to 1.3 GHz while the GPU is clocked at up to 500 MHz. Furthermore, the chip includes a EDGE / HSPA+ / WDCDMA radio and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi. The integrated single channel memory controller supports LPDDR3 RAM.

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.

ModelMediatek MT6582Mediatek MT8121Mediatek MT8321
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 MT6582 « 1.3 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 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
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 MT8321 « 1.3 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
Clock1300 MHz1300 MHz1300 MHz
L1 Cache128 KB
L2 Cache512 KB1 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 44 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesMali-400 MP2 @ 500 MHz, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, FMWi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPSWi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, EDGE / HSPA+ / WDCDMA
iGPUARM Mali-400 MP2 (500 MHz)PowerVR SGX544 (156 MHz)ARM Mali-400 MP2 (500 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.comwww.mediatek.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 5464     avg: 7683     median: 7811 (6%)     max: 8382 Points
106%
1 MT8121 +
8296 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 5536     avg: 7724     median: 7861 (6%)     max: 8383 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 7473     avg: 8449     median: 8628 (7%)     max: 9037 Points
8982 Points (8%)
min: 7561     avg: 7743     median: 7742.5 (7%)     max: 7924 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 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
0 Points (0%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT8321 +
min: 429     avg: 430     median: 430 (4%)     max: 431 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT8321 +
min: 1106     avg: 1117     median: 1116.5 (1%)     max: 1127 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 891     avg: 1145     median: 1169.5 (2%)     max: 1200 Points
98%
1 MT8121 +
min: 1125     avg: 1141     median: 1140.5 (2%)     max: 1156 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 347     avg: 354.5     median: 353 (7%)     max: 366 Points
99%
1 MT8121 +
351 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6582 +
1191 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6582 +
364 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 371     avg: 375     median: 375 (3%)     max: 379 Points
94%
1 MT8121 +
351 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 962     avg: 992     median: 992 (9%)     max: 1022 Points
84%
1 MT8121 +
836 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 2105     avg: 2122     median: 2121.5 (4%)     max: 2138 Points
93%
1 MT8121 +
1975 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 1249     avg: 1251     median: 1251 (3%)     max: 1253 Points
92%
1 MT8121 +
1156 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 1403     avg: 1416     median: 1416 (4%)     max: 1429 Points
92%
1 MT8121 +
1298 Points (3%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 110     avg: 215.7     median: 230 (8%)     max: 289.8 MFLOPS
107%
1 MT8121 +
min: 221.9     avg: 247     median: 247 (8%)     max: 272 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 52     avg: 87.8     median: 88.9 (9%)     max: 116 MFLOPS
129%
1 MT8121 +
min: 114.2     avg: 114.6     median: 114.6 (11%)     max: 115 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 14999     avg: 17878     median: 15823 (19%)     max: 28996 ms
16115 ms (19%)
min: 19085     avg: 19149     median: 19148.5 (22%)     max: 19212 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 1361     avg: 1655     median: 1578.5 (17%)     max: 2149 ms
102%
1 MT8121 +
min: 1452     avg: 1453     median: 1453 (16%)     max: 1454 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 832     avg: 1517     median: 1606 (15%)     max: 1939 ms
102%
1 MT8121 +
1464 ms (14%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 894     avg: 2044     median: 2105 (2%)     max: 2452 Points
2085 Points (2%)
min: 1712     avg: 1715     median: 1715 (2%)     max: 1718 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 MT8321 +
13 Points (3%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 634     avg: 699     median: 713 (19%)     max: 740 Points
98%
1 MT8121 +
696 Points (19%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 1110     avg: 1201     median: 1210 (27%)     max: 1273 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 1528     avg: 1743     median: 1691 (22%)     max: 2102 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 4838     avg: 6502     median: 5781 (13%)     max: 9537 points
147%
1 MT8121 +
min: 8256     avg: 8492     median: 8492 (20%)     max: 8728 points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 17286     avg: 17314     median: 17307 (40%)     max: 17349 Points
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 16946     avg: 17314     median: 17314 (40%)     max: 17682 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 18063     avg: 19220     median: 19113 (19%)     max: 20838 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 MT6582 +
23643 Points (8%)
112%
1 MT8321 +
26504 Points (9%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 MT8321 +
min: 4144     avg: 4191     median: 4190.5 (13%)     max: 4237 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 MT8321 +
min: 9180     avg: 9570     median: 9570 (12%)     max: 9960 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
0 Points (0%)
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 MT8321 +
min: 7439     avg: 7655     median: 7654.5 (5%)     max: 7870 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 MT8321 +
min: 20856     avg: 21415     median: 21415 (4%)     max: 21974 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 299     avg: 344.3     median: 358 (11%)     max: 371 Iter./s
103%
1 MT8121 +
min: 358     avg: 367     median: 367 (11%)     max: 376 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 6523     avg: 6867     median: 6948.5 (23%)     max: 7045 Iter./s
99%
1 MT8121 +
min: 6678     avg: 6881     median: 6881 (23%)     max: 7084 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 9174     avg: 9761     median: 9807 (1%)     max: 10230 Points
100%
1 MT8121 +
min: 9544     avg: 9761     median: 9761 (1%)     max: 9978 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT6582 +
min: 1910     avg: 2425     median: 2468.5 (12%)     max: 2852 Points
106%
1 MT8321 +
min: 2529     avg: 2624     median: 2624 (13%)     max: 2719 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 MT8321 +
1382 Points (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 MT8321 +
4460 Points (10%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
0 Points (0%)

Average Benchmarks Mediatek MT6582 → 100% n=3

Average Benchmarks Mediatek MT8121 → 101% n=3

Average Benchmarks Mediatek MT8321 → 89% n=3

- 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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