AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z vs MediaTek MT8168

Last updated: 2023-08-10

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z		MediaTek MT8168
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z or MediaTek MT8168 - 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 PRO 6860Z has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.73 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z was released in Q2/2022. The MediaTek MT8168 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8168 was released in Q2/2020.

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO (21)	Family	Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (9)	CPU group	MediaTek MT816x 12nm (1)
5	Generation	2
Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	Architecture	Cortex-A53
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.73 GHz). The MediaTek MT8168 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	Characteristic	MediaTek MT8168
8	Cores	4
16	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.70 GHz	Frequency	2.00 GHz
4.73 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 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. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	Characteristic	MediaTek MT8168
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics 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 680M	GPU	ARM Mali-G52 MP1
2.00 GHz	GPU frequency	0.85 GHz
2.20 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9	GPU Generation	Bifrost 2
6 nm	Technology	16 nm
3	Max. displays	2
12	Compute units	1
768	Shader	16
Yes	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	12

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 680M	GPU	ARM Mali-G52 MP1
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8168 can connect up to 3 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	Characteristic	MediaTek MT8168
LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800	Memory	LPDDR4X-1866, LPDDR4-1600
64 GB	Max. Memory	3 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
76.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	14.9 GB/s
No	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
4.0	PCIe version	--
12	PCIe lanes	--
23.6 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z has a TDP of 15 W, that of the MediaTek MT8168 is 3 W.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	Characteristic	MediaTek MT8168
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	3 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
28 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
105 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z has a 20.00 MB cache, while the MediaTek MT8168 cache has a total of 0.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	Characteristic	MediaTek MT8168
6 nm	Technology	12 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	--
FP7	Socket	--
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Android
Q2/2022	Release date	Q2/2020
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (100%)

MediaTek MT8168 (11%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z (100%)

MediaTek MT8168 (6%)

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 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 4.73 GHz	1526 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	165 (11%)

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 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	8883 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	524 (6%)

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 PRO 6860Z AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.20 GHz	3379 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 ARM Mali-G52 MP1 @ 0.85 GHz	26 (1%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 4.73 GHz	1613 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	14369 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 4.73 GHz	0 (0%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	188 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	520 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 4.73 GHz	589 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	5534 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	21025 (100%)
	MediaTek MT8168 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6860Z	MediaTek MT8168
Unknown	Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020)

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