AMD Ryzen 7 8840H vs MediaTek MT6738T

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AMD Ryzen 7 8840H CPU1 vs CPU2 MediaTek MT6738T
AMD Ryzen 7 8840H MediaTek MT6738T

CPU comparison

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H or MediaTek MT6738T - 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 7 8840H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.10 GHz. Up to 256 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H was released in Q1/2024.

The MediaTek MT6738T has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6738T was released in Q2/2016.
AMD Ryzen 7 (70) Family Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Ryzen 8040 (20) CPU group MediaTek MT67xx (17)
7 Generation 1
Hawk Point (Zen 4) Architecture Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz (5.10 GHz). The MediaTek MT6738T has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic MediaTek MT6738T
8 Cores 4
16 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.30 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
5.10 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 7 8840H Characteristic MediaTek MT6738T
AMD Ryzen™ AI AI hardware --
AMD Ryzen™ AI (XDNA) @ 16 TOPS AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 780M GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2
0.80 GHz GPU frequency 0.52 GHz
2.70 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.52 GHz
3 GPU Generation Midgard 4
4 nm Technology 28nm
4 Max. displays 2
12 Compute units 2
768 Shader 32
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
AMD FSR Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version 11

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 780M GPU ARM Mali-T860 MP2
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT6738T can connect up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic MediaTek MT6738T
DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500 Memory LPDDR3-667
256 GB Max. Memory 4 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
120.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 5.3 GB/s
Yes ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache --
16.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
20 PCIe lanes --
39.4 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H has a TDP of 28 W, that of the MediaTek MT6738T is --.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic MediaTek MT6738T
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
30 W TDP up --
20 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Ryzen 7 8840H has a 24.00 MB cache, while the MediaTek MT6738T cache has a total of 0.00 MB.

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H Characteristic MediaTek MT6738T
4 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 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 Q2/2016
-- 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 7 8840H AMD Ryzen 7 8840H
AMD Radeon 780M @ 2.70 GHz
4201 (100%)
MediaTek MT6738T MediaTek MT6738T
ARM Mali-T860 MP2 @ 0.52 GHz
35 (1%)

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 7 8840H AMD Ryzen 7 8840H
8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz
16 (100%)
MediaTek MT6738T MediaTek MT6738T
4C 4T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Ryzen 7 8840H MediaTek MT6738T
Lenovo Yoga 7 Unknown

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