MediaTek MT8176 vs Microsoft XBox Series S

Last updated: 2024-04-16

CPU comparison with benchmarks


MediaTek MT8176		Microsoft XBox Series S
CPU comparison MediaTek MT8176 or Microsoft XBox Series S - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The MediaTek MT8176 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8176 was released in Q1/2016. The Microsoft XBox Series S has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 10 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Microsoft XBox Series S was released in Q3/2020.

Mediatek MT-Serie (72)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (68)
MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53 (3)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000G (22)
1	Generation	3
Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The MediaTek MT8176 is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz. The Microsoft XBox Series S has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.60 GHz).
MediaTek MT8176	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series S
6	Cores	8
6	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.00 GHz	Frequency	3.00 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
MediaTek MT8176	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series S
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
PowerVR GX6250	GPU	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series S)
0.60 GHz	GPU frequency	1.57 GHz
0.60 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	1
28 nm	Technology	7 nm
1	Max. displays	1
2	Compute units	20
32	Shader	1280
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
10	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.
PowerVR GX6250	GPU	AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series S)
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 / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The MediaTek MT8176 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Microsoft XBox Series S can connect up to 10 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
MediaTek MT8176	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series S
LPDDR3-933	Memory	GDDR6
	Max. Memory	10 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
14.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	23.6 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The MediaTek MT8176 has a TDP of --, that of the Microsoft XBox Series S is 65 W.
MediaTek MT8176	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series S
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The MediaTek MT8176 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Microsoft XBox Series S cache has a total of 8.00 MB.
MediaTek MT8176	Characteristic	Microsoft XBox Series S
28 nm	Technology	7 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	BGA
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2016	Release date	Q3/2020
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek MT8176 (31%)

Microsoft XBox Series S (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek MT8176 (11%)

Microsoft XBox Series S (100%)

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 MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	314 (31%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	1015 (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 MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	861 (13%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	6824 (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 MT8176 PowerVR GX6250 @ 0.60 GHz	77 (2%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S AMD Custom Radeon Graphics (XBox Series S) @ 1.57 GHz	4000 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	MediaTek MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	1381 (8%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	16536 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	MediaTek MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	1084 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	MediaTek MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	9894 (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 MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	338 (100%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

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 MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	782 (100%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	MediaTek MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	410 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	MediaTek MT8176 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Microsoft XBox Series S 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	3837 (100%)

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