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MediaTek MT6589 vs Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
MediaTek MT6589
3 %
4C / 4T · 1.20 GHz
28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
MediaTek MT6589
0 %
4C / 4T · 1.20 GHz
28C / 28T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
MediaTek MT6589
0 %
PowerVR SGX544
Apple M3 Ultra (60 Core)
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AI performance (NPU)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) | Apple M3 Ultra (2) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A9 | M3 |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 28 / 28 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A7 1.20 GHz |
20x Palma P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Palma E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 80.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX544 | Apple M3 Ultra (60 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.29 - 0.29 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 4 | 960 / 7680 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 8 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 256 GB | |
| Technology | 45nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q1/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 32 Neural cores @ 70 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-533 (4.3 GB/s) LPDDR2-533 (4.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (818.7 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 8 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 125 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589 | Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q1/2013 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
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