AMD Ryzen 5 8640H vs MediaTek MT6580

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 5 8640H CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6580
AMD Ryzen 5 8640H MediaTek MT6580

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H or MediaTek MT6580 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Ryzen 5 8640H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 5 8640H was released in Q1/2024.

The MediaTek MT6580 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6580 was released in 2015.
AMD Ryzen 5 (86) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) CPU group MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14)
7 Generation 1
Hawk Point (Zen 4) Architecture Cortex-A9
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 5 8640H has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 5 8640H is 3.50 GHz (4.90 GHz) while the MediaTek MT6580 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT6580 is at 1.30 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H Characteristic MediaTek MT6580
6 Cores 4
12 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 1.30 GHz
4.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H Characteristic MediaTek MT6580
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI hardware --
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD Ryzen 5 8640H or MediaTek MT6580 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

AMD Radeon 760M GPU ARM Mali-400
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
2.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.40 GHz
10 GPU Generation Utgard
4 nm Technology 28nm
4 Max. displays 1
8 Compute units 1
512 Shader 16
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 760M GPU ARM Mali-400
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 5 8640H can use up to 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 120.0 GB/s. The MediaTek MT6580 supports up to GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 4.3 GB/s.

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H Characteristic MediaTek MT6580
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory LPDDR3-533, LPDDR2-533
256 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 4.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
6.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Ryzen 5 8640H is 28 W, while the MediaTek MT6580 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H Characteristic MediaTek MT6580
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
30 W TDP up --
20 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 5 8640H is manufactured in 4 nm and has 22.00 MB cache. The MediaTek MT6580 is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H Characteristic MediaTek MT6580
4 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512 ISA extensions --
FP8 Socket --
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android
Q1/2024 Release date 2015
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Ryzen 5 8640H AMD Ryzen 5 8640H
AMD Radeon 760M @ 2.60 GHz
2663 (100%)
MediaTek MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
ARM Mali-400 @ 0.40 GHz
4 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Ryzen 5 8640H AMD Ryzen 5 8640H
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
67 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Ryzen 5 8640H AMD Ryzen 5 8640H
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
MediaTek MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
211 (100%)

AI performance (NPU)

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
AMD Ryzen 5 8640H AMD Ryzen 5 8640H
6C 12T @ 3.50 GHz
16 (100%)
MediaTek MT6580 MediaTek MT6580
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 5 8640H MediaTek MT6580
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