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Rockchip RK3288 vs Apple A6 vs MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz

Rockchip RK3288

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The Rockchip RK3288 is a mid-range ARM SoC for Android and Chrome OS mobile systems. It integrates four Cortex-A12 cores clocked at up to 1.8 GHz. ARM calls these cores Cortex-A17 due to them having very similar performance levels. The SoC includes an ARM Mali-T760 MP4 (also called Mali-T764) GPU clocked at 600 MHz and a dual-channel DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR2, LPDDR3 memory controller.

The ARM Cortex-A12 is the successor to the Cortex-A9 and is based on a 32 Bit ARMv7-A microarchitecture. A single A12 core should be roughly 40 % more powerful than an A9 core according to ARM.

The integrated video engine supports encoding of H.264, VP8, and MVC videos up to 1080p. Decoding is supported for videos up to 4K H.264 and 10 Bit H.265.

The chip is manufactured under a 28 nm HKMG process.

Apple A6

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The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz

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The MediaTek MT8163 V/A 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 1.5 GHz. Furthermore, an ARM Mali-T720 MP2 graphics card clocked at 600 MHz, a DDR3x32 1600Mbps memory controller, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 b/g/n, GPS and FM are integrated in the SoC.

The similar named MediaTek MT8163 V/B is the slower clocked version, with a CPU clock o up to 1.3 GHz (-6%) and GPU of up to 520 MHz (-13%).

The performance is situated in the entry level of 2015 and often similar to the Kirin 910T (see benchmark below).

ModelRockchip RK3288Apple A6MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz
Series Apple Mediatek
Series: Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 « 1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+STcores
unknown cores
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 « 1 GHzcores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+STcores
unknown cores
JLQ JR5101.5 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9352.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6592.36 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6582.35 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6552.1 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6502 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 9302 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
HiSilicon Kirin 6201.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz « 1.5 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT8163 V/B 1.3 GHz1.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
MediaTek MT81611.3 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Marvell Armada PXA19081.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Clock1800 MHz1000 MHz1500 MHz
Cores / Threads4 / 424 / 4
Technology28 nm32 nm28 nm
FeaturesARM MAli-T624 at 600 MHz, dedicated 2D processor, 1080P H.264, VP8, MVC encoding, 4K H.264 and 10 Bits H.265 decoding, 1080p multi video decode, Dual-channel DDR3(L) memory controller, HDMI 2.0DDR3x32 memory controller 1600Mbps, T720 MP2@520MHz, internal Display up to 1366x768, HMID up to 1080p, H.265 1080p video decode, 13MP image signal processor, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, embedded GPS module, Bluetooth 4.0, FM radio support, ARM TrustZone
iGPUARM Mali-T760 MP4 (600 MHz)ARM Mali-T720 MP2 (600 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.rk3288.com
CodenameCortex-A53

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 RK3288 +
15496 Points (13%)
min: 8790     avg: 10063     median: 9926 (8%)     max: 11472 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
776 Points (9%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 768     avg: 831     median: 781 (9%)     max: 945 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
134 Points (1%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
375 Points (1%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 549     avg: 636     median: 636 (6%)     max: 723 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1553     avg: 1781     median: 1781 (2%)     max: 2009 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 RK3288 +
min: 1909     avg: 2183     median: 2182.5 (4%)     max: 2456 Points
58%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 RK3288 +
min: 698     avg: 779     median: 778.5 (15%)     max: 859 Points
91%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 4753     avg: 5809     median: 5790 (7%)     max: 6884 ms
89%
A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
min: 12550     avg: 14061     median: 14060.5 (16%)     max: 15571 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 RK3288 +
min: 745     avg: 746     median: 745.5 (8%)     max: 746 ms
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 RK3288 +
min: 5967     avg: 6798     median: 7107 (6%)     max: 7319 Points
min: 2972     avg: 3261     median: 3261 (3%)     max: 3550 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 RK3288 +
47100 Points (16%)
min: 33452     avg: 37816     median: 37815.5 (13%)     max: 42179 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 4042     avg: 4277     median: 4276.5 (13%)     max: 4511 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 13724     avg: 15979     median: 15979 (20%)     max: 18234 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 2431     avg: 2672     median: 2671.5 (1%)     max: 2912 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 19354     avg: 21013     median: 21013 (13%)     max: 22672 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 39551     avg: 43893     median: 43892.5 (8%)     max: 48234 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 RK3288 +
3888 Points (19%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
2133 Points (11%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
1923 Points (4%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 3071     avg: 3328     median: 3424 (22%)     max: 3489 Points

Average Benchmarks Rockchip RK3288 → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 89% n=1

Average Benchmarks MediaTek MT8163 V/A 1.5 GHz → 90% n=1

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