MediaTek MT8161

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).

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720

8693 Points (6%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			8693

Mediatek Helio P25 -3%

Intel Pentium 2129Y -3%

Mediatek MT6753 -2%

Mediatek MT6592 -2%

AMD A4 Micro-6400T -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -1%

Mediatek MT8127 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -1%

Apple A6x -1%

MediaTek MT8161

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 1%

Intel Celeron N3050 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 2%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 3%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 5%

Intel Celeron N2810 5%

AMD A4-4355M 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 930 7%

Mediatek MT6750 7%

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Intel Core i5-4300Y 1689%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080

8398 Points (10%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			8398

Mediatek MT8125 -4%

Intel Celeron N3060 -4%

Intel Atom Z2560 -4%

Mediatek MT8135 -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 -2%

Mediatek MT6589 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 0%

MediaTek MT8161

MediaTek Helio X27 MT6797X 1%

Mediatek MT6753 1%

AMD A6 Pro-7050B 1%

Mediatek MT8127 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 2%

Apple A6x 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 6%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 6%

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Intel Core i7-9700K 898%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

9598 Points (11%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			9598

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -69%

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Mediatek MT8127 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -6%

Mediatek MT6750 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 -4%

Mediatek MT6589 -3%

Apple A8 -3%

Mediatek MT6739 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 0%

MediaTek MT8161

Marvell Armada PXA1908 0%

Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797 2%

Rockchip RK3188 2%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) 3%

Mediatek MT6750S 4%

MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz 5%

Mediatek MT6750N 5%

MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz 5%

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 766%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

1838 Points (3%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			1838

AMD E1-2100 -41%

Mediatek MT6580M -36%

Mediatek MT6582 -35%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -22%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -21%

Mediatek MT6739WW -17%

Mediatek MT6735 -12%

Intel Celeron N3050 -12%

Intel Celeron N2820 -9%

MediaTek MT8161

MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB 6%

Intel Atom Z3735G 7%

AMD A6-9220e 9%

AMD A6 Pro-7050B 11%

Mediatek MT6592 16%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6761 24%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 28%

Intel Atom Z3560 29%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 3375%

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Geekbench 3 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

616 Points (13%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			616

Mediatek MT6580M -43%

Mediatek MT6582 -41%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T -40%

Mediatek MT6592 -35%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -23%

Mediatek MT6735 -12%

Mediatek MT6739WW -11%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 -8%

Mediatek MT6753 0%

MediaTek MT8161

AMD E1-2100 3%

MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 15%

Intel Atom Z3735G 18%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 18%

Samsung Exynos 7870 Octa 22%

Intel Atom Z3560 23%

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Intel Core i7-8700K 698%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *

24610 ms (41%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			24610.2

Apple A13 Bionic -98%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -21%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -21%

Mediatek MT8125 -21%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 -17%

MediaTek MT6572 -13%

Renesas MP5232 -12%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 -9%

Intel Core i7-4712HQ -6%

MediaTek MT8161

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 2%

Marvell PXA1088 3%

Marvell PXA986 3%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 8%

AMD E1-2100 18%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 20%

AMD A4-1250 23%

Apple A5x 27%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB 40%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 142%

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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *

1713 ms (19%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			1713.1

Intel Core i7-7740X -97%

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Mediatek MT6753 -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -7%

Marvell PXA986 -6%

Marvell PXA1088 -4%

Mediatek MT6582 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 -2%

MediaTek MT6572 -2%

MediaTek MT8161

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 6%

Mediatek MT6737 7%

Mediatek MT6737T 9%

Spreadtrum SC8830 9%

Mediatek MT6735 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q 10%

Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz 14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 16%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 432%

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Sunspider - 0.9.1 Total Score *

1654 ms (16%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			1654.4

Intel Core i7-5500U -93%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -8%

Marvell PXA986 -7%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -5%

Apple A5x -4%

Mediatek MT6592 -2%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q 0%

MediaTek MT8161

MediaTek MT6577 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 2%

Broadcom BCM28155 3%

MediaTek MT6575 4%

Mediatek MT6582M 4%

MediaTek MT6572 7%

Mediatek MT6735 10%

Apple A5 13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 14%

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unknown 323%

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Octane V2 - Total Score

2510 Points (5%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			2510

HiSilicon Kirin 620 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 APQ8009 -11%

Spreadtrum SC7731 -8%

Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad -7%

Mediatek MT8127 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -7%

Mediatek MT6737 -5%

Spreadtrum SC8830 -4%

MediaTek MT8161

Mediatek MT6592 0%

Mediatek MT6735 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 6%

Mediatek MT8735 10%

HiSilicon Kirin 910T 11%

Intel Atom Z2580 12%

Spreadtrum SC9830A 13%

Mediatek MT6753 15%

MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz 17%

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Apple A13 Bionic 1856%

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Vellamo 3.x - Metal

911 Points (24%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			911

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -51%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -18%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -15%

Mediatek MT6592 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -5%

Mediatek MT8127 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 0%

MediaTek MT8161

Marvell Armada PXA1908 2%

Mediatek MT6735 10%

Mediatek MT6737 11%

Mediatek MT6737T 15%

Intel Atom Z3460 18%

Intel Atom Z3745 24%

Mediatek MT6753 24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 24%

Mediatek MT8165 26%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 290%

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Vellamo 3.x - Multicore Beta

1398 Points (31%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			1398

MediaTek MT6572 -54%

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Mediatek MT6582M -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -12%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 -9%

Intel Atom Z3560 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -5%

Mediatek MT8127 -3%

Intel Atom Z3735F -1%

MediaTek MT8161

Mediatek MT6592 4%

Intel Atom Z3745 7%

Mediatek MT6753 9%

Mediatek MT6737T 13%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa 14%

Mediatek MT6737 18%

Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa 20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 21%

Intel Atom Z3580 23%

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HiSilicon Kirin 960 221%

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Vellamo 3.x - Browser

1866 Points (25%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			1866

HiSilicon Kirin 620 -39%

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Mediatek MT6592 -16%

Mediatek MT6735P -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -15%

Mediatek MT6735M -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -11%

Mediatek MT6582M -7%

Mediatek MT6582 -7%

Mediatek MT8127 -3%

MediaTek MT8161

Marvell Armada PXA1908 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 1%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 6%

Intel Atom Z2580 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 9%

Mediatek MT6735 10%

Mediatek MT6737 20%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa 27%

Mediatek MT6737T 35%

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HiSilicon Kirin 960 300%

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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0

7512 points (17%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			7512

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -83%

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HiSilicon Kirin 910 -26%

Mediatek MT8135 -15%

Mediatek MT6582M -13%

Mediatek MT6582 -13%

Intel Atom Z2580 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -6%

HiSilicon Kirin 910T -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T 0%

MediaTek MT8161

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960DT 12%

Mediatek MT8121 13%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 32%

Intel Atom Z3460 38%

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Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa 475%

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AnTuTu v5 - Total Score

26820 Points (27%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			26820

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -77%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 -22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -20%

Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad -17%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 -16%

Mediatek MT8127 -14%

Mediatek MT6735 -8%

Intel Atom Z2580 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -6%

Intel Atom x3-C3230RK 0%

MediaTek MT8161

Mediatek MT6592 7%

Mediatek MT8135 7%

Samsung Exynos 7578 18%

Mediatek MT6732 20%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 21%

Intel Atom Z3735G 24%

Intel Atom Z3735F 26%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 27%

Mediatek MT8165 28%

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Samsung Exynos 9820 270%

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AndEBench - Java

768 Iter./s (24%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			768

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -30%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB -24%

HiSilicon Kirin 910T -24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 -20%

HiSilicon Kirin 920 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC -12%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa -9%

Nvidia Tegra 4 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 -5%

MediaTek MT8161

Mediatek MT6737 11%

Intel Atom Z3560 15%

Intel Atom Z3745 25%

Nvidia Tegra K1 34%

Mediatek MT8165 39%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 47%

Intel Atom Z3580 47%

HiSilicon Kirin 930 74%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) 85%

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HiSilicon Kirin 950 324%

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AndEBench - Native

7742 Iter./s (25%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			7742

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960DT -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T -13%

Mediatek MT6589 -12%

Mediatek MT6582 -11%

Mediatek MT8121 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -3%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad -3%

Intel Atom Z3460 -3%

Mediatek MT6737 -1%

MediaTek MT8161

Marvell Armada PXA1908 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 11%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 15%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 16%

Intel Atom Z2560 22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 24%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) 30%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 31%

Mediatek MT8165 35%

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HiSilicon Kirin 950 294%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - CPU Tests

43768 Points (6%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			43768

Mediatek MT6592 -47%

Intel Atom Z3560 -44%

Apple A6 -43%

Intel Atom Z3745 -40%

Mediatek MT6752 -30%

Intel Atom Z3580 -20%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) -18%

Apple A7 -17%

Mediatek MT6735 -12%

MediaTek MT8161

Apple A8 1%

Mediatek MT6737 9%

Apple A9 11%

Mediatek MT6739WW 12%

Apple A10 Fusion 13%

Apple A9X 35%

Mediatek MT8165 36%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6761 51%

Mediatek Helio A22 MT6762M 53%

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Apple A12X Bionic 1633%

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PCMark for Android - Work performance score

3396 Points (17%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F	Mali-T720 MP2	1024 MB			3396

Intel Core i7-7500U -93%

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NVIDIA Tegra 3 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 -11%

Spreadtrum SC7731 -9%

Mediatek MT6735 -8%

Mediatek MT6732 -8%

Mediatek MT6737 -7%

Mediatek MT6592 -6%

Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad -5%

Spreadtrum SC9830A -1%

MediaTek MT8161

Mediatek MT6752 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 3%

Mediatek MT8127 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC 6%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa 7%

Intel Atom Z2580 8%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 9%

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Intel Core i5-8350U 477%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Mediatek MT8161 processor

Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F (ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 8")
» Lenovo Tab 2 A8 Tablet Review - Review
» Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F - External Review

Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50L (ARM Mali-T760 MP6, 8")
» Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50L - External Review

Lenovo Tab 3 730F (ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 7")
» Lenovo Tab 3 730F - External Review

Lenovo Tab 3 Business A10-70F 32GB (ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 10.1")
» Lenovo Tab 3 Business A10-70F 32GB - External Review

Lenovo Tab 3 Business TB3-X70F (ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 10.1")
» Lenovo Tab 3 Business TB3-X70F - External Review

Lenovo Tab 4 7 TB-7504F (ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 7")
» Lenovo Tab 4 7 TB-7504F - External Review

Lenovo Tab3 8 TB3-850F (ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 8")
» Lenovo Tab3 8 TB3-850F - External Review

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