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Mediatek MT8389 vs Mediatek MT6589T vs Mediatek MT6592

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.

Mediatek MT6592

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The MediaTek MT6592 is a mid-range 28 nm SoC for Android smartphones and tablets. It was announced near the end of 2013 and is manufactured in 28 nm. It includes 8 Cortex-A7 processor cores that are typically clocked up to 1.7 - 2.0 GHz. Furthermore, the SoC integrates an ARM Mali-450 GPU at 700 MHz, WLAN, a video decoder for up to 4K content, a LPDDR3 memory controller at 666 MHz, and a 2G/3G (UMTS/HSPA+) radio.

Although the MT6592 offers eight relatively high clocked CPU cores compared to other SoCs, its performance in day-to-day usage is a bit lower, as the Cortex-A7 cores offer slower performance per clock and only a few apps are able to make use of all 8 cores simultaneously. Modern dual-core (e.g., Apple A7) or quad-core (e.g., Cortex A15 or Snapdragon 800) SoCs can be clearly faster in everyday scenarios.

The integrated ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU offers 4 graphics clusters that are clocked at a high 700 MHz. However, the performance of the GPU is somewhat below that of a Tegra 4 or Adreno 320. Also like the Nvidia rival, the Mali-450 lacks support for OpenGL ES 3.0.

ModelMediatek MT8389Mediatek MT6589TMediatek MT6592
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 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
Mediatek MT6592 « 1.7 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 MT65721.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A7
Clock1200 - 1500 MHz1500 MHz1700 - 2000 MHz
L2 Cache1 MB2 MB1 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 48 / 8
Technology28 nm28 nm28 nm
FeaturesWi-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 MHzUMTS/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, WiFi (802.11n), 666 MHz LPDDR3, 16 MP Camera ISP, 4K Video Encoder, H.265, GPS, NFC, ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 700 MHz
iGPUPowerVR SGX544 (300 MHz)PowerVR SGX544 (357 MHz)ARM Mali-450 MP4 (700 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.comwww.mediatek.comwww.mediatek.com
L1 Cache256 KB512 KB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 7384     avg: 7883     median: 8037 (7%)     max: 8227 Points
115%
1 MT6592 +
min: 5508     avg: 8551     median: 9246 (8%)     max: 10060 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 7174     avg: 7726     median: 7932 (6%)     max: 8071 Points
123%
1 MT6592 +
min: 5182     avg: 9113     median: 9762 (8%)     max: 10293 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 MT8389 +
7962 Points (7%)
140%
1 MT6592 +
min: 5713     avg: 10577     median: 11158 (9%)     max: 12604 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1042     avg: 1069     median: 1069 (2%)     max: 1096 Points
224%
1 MT6592 +
min: 1344     avg: 2350     median: 2390 (4%)     max: 2847 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT8389 +
325 Points (6%)
137%
1 MT6592 +
min: 262     avg: 438.1     median: 445 (9%)     max: 526 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 1922     avg: 2135     median: 2134.5 (3%)     max: 2347 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 357     avg: 398     median: 398 (6%)     max: 439 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 266     avg: 272     median: 271 (2%)     max: 279 Points
159%
1 MT6592 +
430 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 767     avg: 806     median: 795 (7%)     max: 856 Points
122%
1 MT6592 +
966 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 2005     avg: 2023     median: 2018 (4%)     max: 2047 Points
207%
1 MT6592 +
4185 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1151     avg: 1184     median: 1181 (2%)     max: 1219 Points
208%
1 MT6592 +
2458 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1299     avg: 1311     median: 1301 (3%)     max: 1332 Points
197%
1 MT6592 +
2561 Points (7%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 35.21     avg: 87.9     median: 111.7 (4%)     max: 116.8 MFLOPS
262%
1 MT6592 +
min: 242     avg: 295.4     median: 292.9 (10%)     max: 350 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 36.62     avg: 57.6     median: 37 (4%)     max: 99.2 MFLOPS
389%
1 MT6592 +
min: 118.6     avg: 144.2     median: 143.9 (14%)     max: 171 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8389 +
18661 ms (22%)
107%
1 MT6592 +
min: 11338     avg: 14383     median: 14278 (17%)     max: 19205 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1414     avg: 1455     median: 1464 (16%)     max: 1487 ms
104%
1 MT6592 +
min: 904     avg: 1338     median: 1182 (13%)     max: 2016 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 1319     avg: 1332     median: 1333 (13%)     max: 1344 ms
97%
1 MT6592 +
min: 1396     avg: 1617     median: 1616.5 (15%)     max: 1837 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 MT8389 +
1355 Points (1%)
189%
1 MT6592 +
min: 1895     avg: 2511     median: 2563.5 (2%)     max: 3085 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 696     avg: 796     median: 817 (22%)     max: 853 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 1254     avg: 1456     median: 1503.5 (33%)     max: 1562 Points
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 871     avg: 1559     median: 1694 (22%)     max: 1977 Points
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 MT8389 +
4706 points (11%)
308%
1 MT6592 +
min: 11433     avg: 13992     median: 14485 (34%)     max: 16058 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 MT8389 +
5967 Points (39%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 MT8389 +
13430 Points (31%)
208%
1 MT6592 +
min: 25761     avg: 27891     median: 27979 (65%)     max: 30358 Points
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 22774     avg: 28587     median: 29100 (29%)     max: 33176 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 294     avg: 317     median: 326 (10%)     max: 331 Iter./s
118%
1 MT6592 +
min: 329     avg: 386.3     median: 384.5 (12%)     max: 447 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 6373     avg: 6440     median: 6437 (21%)     max: 6510 Iter./s
278%
1 MT6592 +
min: 11657     avg: 16616     median: 17876 (59%)     max: 19055 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 MT8389 +
min: 8173     avg: 8297     median: 8323 (1%)     max: 8396 Points
304%
1 MT6592 +
min: 13907     avg: 22989     median: 25313.5 (3%)     max: 26698 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 MT6592 +
min: 2991     avg: 3194     median: 3193.5 (16%)     max: 3396 Points

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