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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).

CodenameCortex-A53
Clock Rate1300 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Manufacturing Technology28 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 TrustZone
GPUARM Mali-T720 MP2
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date01/01/2015

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
8693 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
8398 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
9598 Points (8%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
1838 points (3%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
616 points (9%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
24610 ms (29%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
1713 ms (19%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1654 ms (16%)
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2510 Points (2%)
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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
911 Points (24%)
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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1398 Points (31%)
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Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1866 Points (25%)
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Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
7512 points (17%)
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AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
26820 Points (27%)
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AndEBench - AndEBench Java
768 Iter./s (24%)
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AndEBench - AndEBench Native
7742 Iter./s (25%)
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
43768 Points (6%)
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PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
3396 Points (17%)
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Reviews for the MediaTek MT8161 processor

Lenovo Tab 2 A8 Tablet Review

Lenovo Tab 2 A8 Tablet Review

Android 5.0 for cheap. The Tab 2 A8 promises extensive multimedia features for an affordable price of $129. Is this a worthy successor to last year's 8-inch Tab...
MediaTek MT8161 | ARM Mali-T720 MP2 | 8.00" | 360 g

Lenovo Tab 4 7 TB-7504F: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 7.00", 0.3 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab 4 7 TB-7504F

Lenovo Tab 3 730F: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 7.00", 0.3 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab 3 730F

Lenovo Tab3 8 TB3-850F: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 8.00", 0.3 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab3 8 TB3-850F

Lenovo Tab 3 Business TB3-X70F: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 10.10", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab 3 Business TB3-X70F

Lenovo Tab 3 Business A10-70F 32GB: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 10.10", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab 3 Business A10-70F 32GB

Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50L: ARM Mali-T760 MP6, 8.00", 0.4 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50L

Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F: ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 8.00", 0.4 kg
  External Review » Lenovo Tab 2 A8-50F

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» MediaTek MT8161
   4x 1.3 GHz
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