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MediaTek MT6738 vs Apple M3
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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 MT6738
6 %
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
MediaTek MT6738
4 %
4C / 4T · 1.50 GHz
Apple M3
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
MediaTek MT6738
1 %
ARM Mali-T860 MP2
Apple M3
100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 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
|
Wischen
|
MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek MT67xx (17) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A53 | M3 |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M2 | |
| Successor | Apple M4 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.50 GHz |
4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | ARM Mali-T860 MP2 | Apple M3 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 0.35 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 32 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 28nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2015 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-667 (5.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
MediaTek MT6738 | Apple M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q2/2016 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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MediaTek MT6738
4C / 4T · 0.00 GHz
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
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Apple M3
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
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