Notebookcheck Logo

Mediatek MT8173

 MT8173

The Mediatek MT8173 is an upper mainstream ARM SoC (System on a chip) that was introduced in March 2015 and is primarily used for Android based tablets. It is manufactured in a 28 nm process and has a total of four CPU cores with two Cortex-A72 and two Cortex-A53 cores in a big.LITTLE configuration. The graphics unit is based on the IMG Series 6XT (Rogue) and has the designation PowerVR GX6250. Among others, the GPU includes a video decoder with 4K and H.265 support.

Processor

The biggest highlight of the SoC are the new Cortex-A72 cores, which can be seen as the successors to the Cortex-A57 design. ARM promises much more performance in combination with reduced power consumption, which results in an excellent per-thread performance with the very high maximum clock of 2.4 GHz. The architecture is based on ARMv8-ISA and therefore supports 64-bit.

The two slower, but therefore very frugal Cortex-A53 cores (clocks unknown, probably around 1.5 GHz) are supposed to reduce the power consumption and are always active with light workloads. The big.LITTLE configuration also allows the simultaneous use of all four cores (or any combination of cores from both clusters), so the MT8173 can be called a real quad-core.

Graphics

The graphics unit is based on Series 6XT (Rogue) from IMG and has the designation PowerVR GX6250. The 2-cluster chip has a unified-shader architecture with a total of 64 FP32 ALUs as well as 4 TMUs. Thanks to the comparatively high maximum clock of 700 MHz, the performance is roughly on par with the PowerVR G6430 in the iPhone 5s. High-resolution screens and complex Android games from 2015 are usually no problem for the GPU.

Features

Besides CPU and GPU, the chip is also equipped with an LPDDR3 memory controller (2x 32-bit, probably up to 933 MHz, 14.9 GB/s), but no wireless modem. The maximum display resolution is 2560 x 1600 pixels. Another highlight is the integrated video engine, which even supports 4K material and the modern H.265 codec.

Power Consumption

The MT8173 is manufactured in an 28 nm process and should have a average up to high power consumption. It can still be used in tablets without limitations.

Series Mediatek
CodenameCortex-A72/-A53

Series: Mediatek Cortex-A72/-A53

Mediatek MT8176 compare2.1 GHz6 / 6 cores Cortex-A72/-A53
Mediatek MT8173 « 2.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A72/-A53
Mediatek MT8173C compare2.1 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A72/-A53
Clock Rate2400 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Manufacturing Technology28 nm
Features20 MP Camera ISP, 4K Video Encoder, H.265, PowerVR GX6250 GPU
GPUPowerVR GX6250 (? - 700 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date03/01/2015

Benchmarks

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Add one or more devices and compare

In the following list you can select (and also search for) devices that should be added to the comparison. You can select more than one device.

restrict list:

show all (including archived), 2024, 2023
v1.26
log 16. 15:29:04

#0 no ids found in url (should be separated by "_") +0s ... 0s

#1 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#2 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Sat, 16 Mar 2024 05:37:00 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#3 composed specs +0.013s ... 0.014s

#4 did output specs +0s ... 0.014s

#5 getting avg benchmarks for device 6666 +0.003s ... 0.016s

#6 got single benchmarks 6666 +0.011s ... 0.027s

#7 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.027s

#8 min, max, avg, median took s +0.312s ... 0.339s

#9 return log +0.024s ... 0.363s

Reviews for the Mediatek MT8173 processor

Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017) Tablet Review

Amazon Fire HD 10 (2017) Tablet Review

Couch surfer. Amazon Prime customers who do not mind some advertisements will find the 10-inch seventh generation Fire HD Tablet great value for money. As expec...
Mediatek MT8173 | PowerVR GX6250 | 10.10" | 497 g

Acer Chromebook R13 CB5-312T-K1TR: PowerVR GX6250, 13.30", 1.5 kg
  External Review » Acer Chromebook R13 CB5-312T-K1TR

Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition: PowerVR GX6250, 10.10", 0.7 kg
  External Review » Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Edition

Chuwi Hi9: PowerVR GX6250, 8.40", 0.4 kg
  External Review » Chuwi Hi9

Amazon Fire HD 10 2017: PowerVR GX6250, 10.10", 0.5 kg
  External Review » Amazon Fire HD 10 2017

Acer Chromebook R13 CB5-312T-K8Z9: PowerVR GX6250, 13.30", 1.5 kg
  External Review » Acer Chromebook R13 CB5-312T-K8Z9

Please share our article, every link counts!

» Mobile CPU Comparison
Comparison of all mobile CPU series

» Mobile Processors - Benchmarklist
Benchmarklist of all known CPUs that are used in laptops (desktop and laptop CPUs)

Other CPUs of the series Mediatek

» Mediatek Helio G99
   8x 2 GHz - 2.2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G96
   8x 2 GHz - 2.05 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G95
   8x 2 GHz - 2.05 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G90T
   8x 2.05 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P90
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P70
   8x 2.1 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P65
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G88
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G85
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G80
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio G70
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P60T
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P60
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek MT8788
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek MT8176
   6x 2.1 GHz
» Mediatek MT8173
   4x 2.4 GHz
» Mediatek MT8173C
   4x 2.1 GHz
» Mediatek MT6595 Turbo
   8x 2.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6595
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Mediatek MT6595M
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio X10 MT6795
   8x 2.2 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P35 MT6765
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.3 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P22T MT8768T
   8x 2.3 GHz
» Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755
   8x 2 GHz
» Mediatek MT8135
   4x 1.7 GHz
» Mediatek MT8752
   8x 1.7 GHz
» Mediatek MT6752
   8x 1.7 GHz
» Mediatek MT6753
   8x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6750S
   8x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6750N
   8x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6750
   8x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6750T
   8x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6592
   8x 1.7 GHz
» Mediatek MT8732
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT8165
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6739
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6739WW
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6732
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6735
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT8735
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Mediatek MT6737T
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6737
   4x 1.25 GHz
» Mediatek MT6735P
   4x 1 GHz
» Mediatek MT6735M
   4x 1 GHz
» Mediatek MT8127
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT6589T
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Mediatek MT8389
   4x 1.2 GHz
» Mediatek MT8125
   4x 1.2 GHz
» Mediatek MT8321
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Mediatek MT8121
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Mediatek MT6582
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Mediatek MT6582M
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Mediatek MT6580M
   4x 1.3 GHz
» Mediatek MT6589
   4x 1.2 GHz
» MediaTek MT8312
   2x 1.3 GHz
» MediaTek MT8377
   2x 1.2 GHz
» MediaTek MT6572
   2x 1.2 GHz
» MediaTek MT8317T
   2x 1.2 GHz
» MediaTek MT6577
   2x 1 GHz
» MediaTek MT6575
   1x 1 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Apple A8X
   3x 1.5 GHz
+ Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver)
   2x 2.3 GHz
+ Mediatek Helio X20 MT6797
   10x 2.3 GHz
+ Mediatek MT8176
   6x 2.1 GHz
+ Mediatek Helio P25
   8x 2.6 GHz
» Mediatek MT8173
   4x 2.4 GHz
- MediaTek MT8169A
   6x 2 GHz
- Mediatek Helio G37
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.3 GHz
- Mediatek Helio G35
   8x 2.3 GHz
- Mediatek Helio G36
   8x 2.2 GHz
- Allwinner A523
   8x 0.48 GHz - 2 GHz
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Notebook Processors > Mediatek MT8173 SoC - Benchmarks and Specs
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-03- 5)