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MediaTek MT8161, ARM Mali-T720 MP2, 8", 360 gMediaTek 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).
| Codename | Cortex-A53 |
| Clock Rate | 1300 MHz |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 |
| Manufacturing Technology | 28 nm |
| Features | LP-DDR3 memory controller, 1080p video encode, 1080p video decode, embedded GPS / GLONASS / BeiDou module, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM Jazelle, ARM TrustZone |
| GPU | ARM Mali-T720 MP2 |
| Architecture | ARM |
| Announcement Date | 01/01/2015 |
Benchmarks
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
8693 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
8398 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
9598 Points (8%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
1838 points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
616 points (9%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
24610 ms (29%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
1713 ms (19%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
1654 ms (16%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
2510 Points (2%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Metal
911 Points (24%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Multicore Beta
1398 Points (31%)
Vellamo 3.x - Vellamo 3.x Browser
1866 Points (25%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
7512 points (17%)
AnTuTu v5 - AnTuTu v5 Total Score
26820 Points (27%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
768 Iter./s (24%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
7742 Iter./s (25%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
43768 Points (6%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
3396 Points (17%)
- Range of benchmark values
- Average benchmark values
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
- Average benchmark values* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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