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MediaTek MT8127 vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)
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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 MT8127
1 %
ARM Mali-450 MP4
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
Apple M5 (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
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek MT81xx A7 (5) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A7 | M5 |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M4 (10-CPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A7 1.30 GHz |
4x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | ARM Mali-450 MP4 | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 0.60 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 64 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 28nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | 2012 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-666 (5.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 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 MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8127 | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q2/2014 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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