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MediaTek MT8389 vs MediaTek MT8163 benchmark which processor is better

MediaTek MT8389 vs MediaTek MT8163

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks MediaTek MT8389 vs MediaTek MT8163, speed examination of GPUs PowerVR SGX544 and Mali-T720 MP2.

   This performance comparison involves two processors: MT8389 is quad-core (ARM Cortex-A7) and MT8163 is quad-core (ARM Cortex-A7). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the SoCs, so that it can be easier to read, is presented in the form of the table.

   From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in special testing software such as Quadrant, Vellamo, Mozilla Kraken, Neocore, GFXBench, PCMark, WebXPRT 3, Octane V2, PassMark, AnTuTu 8, Geekbench, 3DMark, and how good the chipsets are in games Fortnite, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock, Mortal Kombat, Call of Duty: Mobile, Sniper 3D, Real Racing 3, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra etc.

   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which processors is better to buy MT8389 or MT8163 and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9.


 
MediaTek MT8389
MediaTek MT8163

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score
MT83891% MT81632%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)
MT8389-3% MT816324%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming
MT83891% MT81631%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed
MT8389 MT8163
Total score2227033420
CPU62349348
GPU845712697
MEM35585343
UX40186016

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance
MT8389 MT8163
Single-Core5988
Multi-Core272408

Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory
MT8389 MT8163
Frequency1500 MHz1300 MHz
Cores44
Bit3264
Lithography28 nm28 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration4x1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A74x1.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A7
Power consumption (TDP)7 W7 W
Memory typeLPDDR3LPDDR3
Max. Memory1 Gb2 Gb
Memory Frequency667667
Memory bandwidth44
Neural Processor (NPU)NoNo
L1 cache32 KB32 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache1 MB1 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)ARMv8-AARMv8-A
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here MT8389 is 13% better than MT8163 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media
GPUPowerVR SGX544Mali-T720 MP2
GPU Frequency300 MHz520 MHz
GFloPS9.617.68
# of Cores12
# of Shader Units
Display1280 x 800 pixels1920 x 1080 pixels
The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark
Fortnite Mobile4.79.5
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)16.126.5
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra10.417.9
Call of Duty: Mobile9.115.6
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)13.621.5
Minecraft: Pocket Edition21.733.3
Real Racing 320.826.9
Sniper 3D22.923.3
Need for Speed No Limits12.532.2
Mortal Kombat X15.120.6
CSR Racing 212.525.1
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras
Camera resolution8 MP13 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS3030
Video Encoding resolutionFullHD4K, 2K, FullHD
Codec supportH.264H.264, H.265


Networks and Navigation
Modem
Upload speed50 MBit/s.
NavigationGPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeidouGPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC supportNoNo
5G supportYesNo


Result:
The number of parameters for which MediaTek MT8389 is better: 2
The number of parameters for which MediaTek MT8163 is better: 28
   Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the software comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel comparison and listen to what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both SoCs think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.
MT8389 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
MT8163 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark


MT8389 SoC Comparisons
• Vs MediaTek MT8382
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731E
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8228
• Vs MediaTek MT8735B
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9832A
• Vs MediaTek MT8735W
• Vs MediaTek MT8732
• Vs Spreadtrum SC8830
• Vs MediaTek MT6582
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
• Vs MediaTek MT6735P
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9850
• Vs MediaTek MT8765B
• Vs MediaTek MT8127
• Vs MediaTek MT6737V
• Vs MediaTek MT8735
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9832E
• Vs MediaTek MT6737M
• Vs MediaTek MT6732M
• Vs MediaTek MT6735
• Vs MediaTek MT6592M
• Vs MediaTek MT8783
• Vs MediaTek MT6737
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916
• Vs MediaTek MT6592
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
• Vs Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5420
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 620
• Vs MediaTek MT6739WM
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9832
• Vs Samsung Exynos 3 Quad 3475
• Vs MediaTek MT8321
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928
• Vs MediaTek MT8735M
• Vs MediaTek MT6580
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016
• Vs MediaTek MT6580M
• Vs MediaTek MT6580P
• Vs MediaTek MT6580A
• Vs MediaTek MT6735M
• Vs Rockchip RK3126C
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026
• Vs Atom x3-C3230RK
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731G
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731C
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909
• Vs Atom x3-C3130
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8210
• Vs MediaTek MT6589
• Vs MediaTek MT6572
• Vs MediaTek MT6572A
• Vs MediaTek MT6570
• Vs MediaTek MT8312
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9830A
• Vs MediaTek MT6572M
• Vs Atom Z3735F
• Vs MediaTek MT6582M
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212
• Vs MediaTek MT8312CW
• Vs Atom Z2520
• Vs MediaTek MT6737H
• Vs Samsung Exynos 3 Quad 3470
• Vs MediaTek MT8167D
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7730SW
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 MSM8909 v2
• Vs Atom x3-C3200RK
• Vs Samsung Exynos 4 Quad 4412
• Vs MediaTek MT6753T
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225
• Vs MediaTek MT6735T
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7730SE
• Vs MediaTek MT8735P
• Vs Spreadtrum SC5735
• Vs MediaTek MT8167A


MT8163 SoC Comparisons
• Vs Samsung Exynos 7 Quad 7578
• Vs MediaTek MT6739WW
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2
• Vs Samsung Exynos 7 Quad 7570
• Vs MediaTek MT6753
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9863A
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 MSM8917
• Vs Unisoc SC9832E
• Vs MediaTek MT6737T
• Vs MediaTek MT6739
• Vs MediaTek MT6739V
• Vs MediaTek MT6739WA
• Vs MediaTek MT6750
• Vs Atom Z3560
• Vs Unisoc SC9850K
• Vs MediaTek MT6750S
• Vs MediaTek MT6752
• Vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7580
• Vs Atom Z3580
• Vs MediaTek MT6750T
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 MSM8937
• Vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870
• Vs Qualcomm 215
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 MSM8940
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 930
• Vs Atom Z3590
• Vs Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 5433
• Vs MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795)
• Vs MediaTek MT6737
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9832
• Vs MediaTek MT8321
• Vs MediaTek MT6580
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916
• Vs MediaTek MT6592
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 620
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9832E
• Vs MediaTek MT8735
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9850
• Vs MediaTek MT6737M
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731E
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 215
• Vs MediaTek MT6739WM
• Vs Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5420
• Vs MediaTek MT6580A
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731G
• Vs MediaTek MT6580M
• Vs Spreadtrum SC7731C
• Vs MediaTek MT8735M
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 MSM8920
• Vs MediaTek MT6735
• Vs MediaTek MT6735P
• Vs Qualcomm 205
• Vs MediaTek MT6737V
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
• Vs MediaTek MT6592M
• Vs Spreadtrum SC8830
• Vs MediaTek MT8127
• Vs Spreadtrum SC9832A
• Vs MediaTek MT8783
• Vs Samsung Exynos 3 Quad 3475
• Vs MediaTek MT6735M
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928
• Vs Atom x3-C3230RK
• Vs MediaTek MT8735B
• Vs Rockchip RK3126C
• Vs MediaTek MT8382
• Vs MediaTek MT6580P
• Vs MediaTek MT6732M
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8228
• Vs MediaTek MT6582
• Vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016
• Vs MediaTek MT8732
• Vs MediaTek MT8735W
• Vs MediaTek MT8765B
• Vs MediaTek MT6737H
• Vs MediaTek MT8167D
• Vs MediaTek MT6732
• Vs MediaTek MT6738
• Vs MediaTek MT6753T
• Vs MediaTek MT6735T
• Vs Unisoc SC7331e
• Vs MediaTek MT8167A
• Vs MediaTek MT6731
• Vs Rockchip RK3326S
• Vs Unisoc UIS8141E
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