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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 vs MediaTek MT8121

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Rank 2 - 48 %
MediaTek MT8121
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Rank 2 - 56 %
MediaTek MT8121
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
148
MediaTek MT8121
4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz
71
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
429
MediaTek MT8121
4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz
239

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1)MediaTek MT81xx A7 (5)
ArchitectureKraitCortex-A7
Technology28 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Krait 4x Cortex-A7
Frequency: 1.70 GHz 1.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 320PowerVR SGX544
GPU frequency0.55 - 0.55 GHz0.16 - 0.16 GHz
CUs / Shader / 162 / 4
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory
Technology28 nm45nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP6
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB
Memory channels20
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600MediaTek MT8121
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidAndroid
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2013Q4/2013
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600
4C / 4T · 1.70 GHz
MediaTek MT8121
MediaTek MT8121
4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz

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