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MediaTek MT8161 vs Rockchip RK3188

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).

Rockchip RK3188

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The Rockchip RK3188 is a fast ARM SoC primarily designed for tablets. It integrates four ARM Cortex A9 cores with NEON extension and a clock speed of up to 1.8 GHz, a Mali-400 MP4 graphics card (up to 600 MHz, 24 GFLOPS) and a low-power (LP-)DDR2/DDR3 memory controller. Due to the high clock rates, the performance of the CPU and GPU is superior to other Cortex-A9 quad-cores such as the Nvidia Tegra 3 and Samsung Exynos 4412. These high frequencies are possible due to the 28nm process (TSMC). However, this results in high power consumption and is thus not suited for compact smartphones.

ModelMediaTek MT8161Rockchip RK3188
SeriesMediatek
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A9
Series: Cortex-A9
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
HiSilicon Kirin 910T compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK3188 « 1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 910 compare1.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP5232 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA986 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
Clock1300 MHz1800 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Technology28 nm28 nm
FeaturesLP-DDR3 memory controller, 1080p video encode, 1080p video decode, embedded GPS / GLONASS / BeiDou module, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM Jazelle, ARM TrustZoneMali-400 MP4 (600 MHz), DDR2/DDR3 Memory Controller (max. 2 GByte)
iGPUARM Mali-T720 MP2ARM Mali-400 MP4 (600 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.rock-chips.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
8693 Points (7%)
min: 5828     avg: 7773     median: 7936 (6%)     max: 8887 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
8398 Points (7%)
min: 5434     avg: 7724     median: 8025.5 (7%)     max: 8812 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
9598 Points (8%)
min: 9142     avg: 9821     median: 9821 (8%)     max: 10500 Points
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 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 1316     avg: 1410     median: 1421 (3%)     max: 1493 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 476     avg: 498.7     median: 504 (10%)     max: 516 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 182     avg: 320     median: 272 (2%)     max: 506 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 326     avg: 687     median: 803 (7%)     max: 933 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 1769     avg: 2044     median: 2035 (4%)     max: 2328 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 924     avg: 1123     median: 1104 (2%)     max: 1341 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 1130     avg: 1275     median: 1182 (3%)     max: 1512 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 130     avg: 131.1     median: 131.1 (4%)     max: 132.1 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 54.9     avg: 57.2     median: 57.2 (6%)     max: 59.4 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
24610 ms (29%)
13698 ms (16%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
1713 ms (19%)
min: 849     avg: 1179     median: 1240 (14%)     max: 1388 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1654 ms (16%)
min: 702     avg: 986     median: 1086 (10%)     max: 1170 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2510 Points (2%)
min: 3092     avg: 3094     median: 3093.5 (3%)     max: 3095 Points
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
7512 points (17%)
5287 points (12%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 7505     avg: 7723     median: 7807 (51%)     max: 7856 Points
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 RK3188 +
min: 2139     avg: 14154     median: 19571 (46%)     max: 20752 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
26820 Points (27%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
768 Iter./s (24%)
min: 179     avg: 329     median: 374 (11%)     max: 434 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
7742 Iter./s (25%)
min: 10329     avg: 11213     median: 11588 (38%)     max: 11722 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
43768 Points (6%)
min: 9258     avg: 10743     median: 10965 (1%)     max: 11782 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT8161 +
3396 Points (17%)

Average Benchmarks MediaTek MT8161 → 100% n=11

Average Benchmarks Rockchip RK3188 → 94% n=11

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