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MediaTek MT6589 vs Apple A18
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
MediaTek MT6589
0 %
PowerVR SGX544
Apple A18
100 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) | Apple A18 (2) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A9 | Donan |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A19 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A7 1.20 GHz |
2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
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| GPU name | PowerVR SGX544 | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.29 - 0.29 GHz | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 4 | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 45nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-533 (4.3 GB/s) LPDDR2-533 (4.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
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| TDP | 12 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple A18 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Android | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2013 | Q3/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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