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MediaTek MT8165 vs Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU)
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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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
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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek MT816x (4) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A53 | M3 |
| Technology | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Max (30-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple M4 Max (14-CPU 32-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 14 / 14 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Cortex-A53 1.50 GHz |
10x Palma P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Palma E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | ARM Mali-T760 MP2 | Apple M3 Max (30 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.01 - 0.01 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 32 | 480 / 3840 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 5 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 96 GB | |
| Technology | 28nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2013 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-800 (6.4 GB/s) DDR3-800 | LPDDR5-6400 (307.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 96 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 3 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 50 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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MediaTek MT8165 | Apple M3 Max (14-CPU 30-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q4/2014 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
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