MediaTek MT8188J vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900H

Last updated: 2023-07-18

CPU comparison with benchmarks


MediaTek MT8188J		AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
CPU comparison MediaTek MT8188J or AMD Ryzen 9 4900H - 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 MT8188J has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.20 GHz. Up to 8 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek MT8188J was released in Q1/2023. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H was released in Q2/2020.

Mediatek MT-Serie (72)	Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (37)
MediaTek MT88xx 12nm (1)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 4000H (6)
2	Generation	3
Cortex-A78/-A55	Architecture	Renoir (Zen 2)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The MediaTek MT8188J has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek MT8188J is 2.20 GHz while the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has 8 CPU cores and 16 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is at 3.30 GHz (4.40 GHz).
MediaTek MT8188J	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
8	Cores	8
8	Threads	16
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.20 GHz 2x Cortex-A78	A-Core	3.30 GHz (4.40 GHz)
2.00 GHz 6x Cortex-A55	B-Core	--
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 MT8188J	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The MediaTek MT8188J or AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
ARM Mali-G57 MP2	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
0.25 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
0.95 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.75 GHz
Vallhall 1	GPU Generation	9
7 nm	Technology	7 nm
2	Max. displays	3
2	Compute units	8
32	Shader	512
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
12	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-G57 MP2	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The MediaTek MT8188J can use up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.5 GB/s. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.
MediaTek MT8188J	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
LPDDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200
8 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.5 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the MediaTek MT8188J is 5 W, while the AMD Ryzen 9 4900H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
MediaTek MT8188J	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
5 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	54 W
--	TDP down	35 W
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The MediaTek MT8188J is manufactured in 12 nm and has 5.00 MB cache. The AMD Ryzen 9 4900H is manufactured in 7 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.
MediaTek MT8188J	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H
12 nm	Technology	7 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	FP6
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023	Release date	Q2/2020
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek MT8188J (58%)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

MediaTek MT8188J (25%)

AMD Ryzen 9 4900H (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	710 (58%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1225 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	2016 (25%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	7911 (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 MT8188J ARM Mali-G57 MP2 @ 0.95 GHz	243 (14%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1284 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	11061 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	1659 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	7405 (100%)

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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	501 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	4332 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	MediaTek MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	148 (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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	19330 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	MediaTek MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	202 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	MediaTek MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 3.30 GHz	4807 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	204 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 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 MT8188J 8C 8T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 9 4900H 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	1937 (100%)

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