MediaTek MT6577T
Benchmarks & Specs

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Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
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Summary

The MediaTek MT6577T represented a remarkable development in its era. It formed a solid foundation for numerous mobile devices of that time. This processor utilized the established and then widely used Cortex-A9 architecture. Its dual-core configuration actually enabled smoother operation.

Multitasking on mobile devices became significantly more pleasant as a result, as we could observe. MediaTek produced this chip using the then-standard 40-nanometer manufacturing process. This contributed decisively to a balanced energy efficiency, important for long battery life. The integrated graphics unit, a PowerVR SGX531, handled common applications with ease.

Even less demanding games could be displayed quite decently with it. We saw how this chip helped manufacturers offer attractive and affordable smartphones. Such highly integrated solutions significantly shaped the mobile market in those years. The MediaTek MT6577T delivered a very respectable performance for its class.

It proved that even compact designs can contain a lot of functionality. It remained a reliable partner in the mobile everyday life of its users for quite some time.

Dual-core design for smooth multitasking
Integrated PowerVR SGX531 graphics unit
Balanced energy efficiency through 40nm manufacturing
Enabled affordable mobile devices

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Multi-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Mali-400

ARM Mali-400

PowerVR SGX531

PowerVR SGX531

PowerVR SGX531

More benchmarks

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
CPU group	MediaTek MT65xx A9 (7)
Architecture	Cortex-A9
Technology	40 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Generation	1
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	normal
Cores:	2x Cortex-A9
Frequency:	1.20 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):
L2-Cache
L3-Cache
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	PowerVR SGX531
GPU frequency	0.52 - 0.52 GHz
CUs / Shader	1 /
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	1
Max. GPU Memory
Technology	65nm
Release date	Q4/2006

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR2	--
Property	Value
Max. Memory
Memory channels	0
ECC	✗
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗
Operating systems	Android
Instruction set	Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	2012
Release price
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User Reviews

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