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MediaTek MT6589T vs Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU)
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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 MT6589T
0 %
PowerVR SGX544
Apple M4 Pro (16 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) | Apple M4 (7) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A9 | M4 |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 12 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A7 1.50 GHz |
8x Donan P-Core 1.26 - 4.51 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 1.02 - 2.59 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX544 | Apple M4 Pro (16 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.36 - 0.36 GHz | 0.39 - 1.58 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 4 | 256 / 2048 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 45nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2010 | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-533 (4.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8533 (273.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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MediaTek MT6589T | Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2013 | Q4/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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MediaTek MT6589T
4C / 4T · 0.00 GHz
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
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Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
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Apple M4 Pro (12-CPU 16-GPU)
12C / 12T · 4.51 GHz
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