MediaTek MT8151 vs AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

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MediaTek MT8151 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
MediaTek MT8151 AMD Ryzen 5 8540U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the MediaTek MT8151 and the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the MediaTek MT8151 8 core processor released in 2014 with the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2024.
Mediatek MT-Serie (72) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
MediaTek MT81xx A7 (5) CPU group AMD Ryzen 8040 (20)
1 Generation 7
Cortex-A7 Architecture Hawk Point (Zen 4)
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek MT8151 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz. The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 5 8540U clocks with 3.20 GHz (4.90 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel.

MediaTek MT8151 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
8 Cores 6
8 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.70 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

MediaTek MT8151 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon 740M
0.01 GHz GPU frequency 0.80 GHz
0.01 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.50 GHz
Utgard GPU Generation 10
28nm Technology 4 nm
1 Max. displays 4
4 Compute units 4
64 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation AMD FSR
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
0 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU AMD Radeon 740M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 0 memory channels is supported by the MediaTek MT8151, while the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U supports a maximum of 256 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

MediaTek MT8151 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
Memory DDR5-4800, DDR5-5600, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5X-7500
Max. Memory 256 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 6.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 16.00 MB
-- PCIe version 4.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The MediaTek MT8151 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 5 8540U is 28 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

MediaTek MT8151 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 30 W
-- TDP down 15 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek MT8151 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 28 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 5 8540U is at 22.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 4 nm.

MediaTek MT8151 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
28 nm Technology 4 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
-- Socket FP8
None Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
2014 Release date Q1/2024
-- Release price --
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
MediaTek MT8151 MediaTek MT8151
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
1700 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek MT8151 MediaTek MT8151
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
6915 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
MediaTek MT8151 MediaTek MT8151
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz
2402 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
MediaTek MT8151 MediaTek MT8151
8C 8T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz
7841 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
MediaTek MT8151 MediaTek MT8151
ARM Mali-450 MP4 @ 0.01 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8540U AMD Ryzen 5 8540U
AMD Radeon 740M @ 2.50 GHz
1280 (100%)

Devices using this processor

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