MediaTek Kompanio 500 vs UNISOC T618. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Mediatek Kompanio UNISOC 4G
• CPU group
  MediaTek Kompanio 500 UNISOC 4G 12nm
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A73 2x Cortex-A75
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 6x Cortex-A55
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz (2.00 GHz) 2.00 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  -- 2.00 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G72 MP3 ARM Mali-G52 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.80 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3 2
• Shader
  48 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 Bifrost 2
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  16 nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q3/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by UNISOC T618 and MediaTek Kompanio 500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3LPDDR4X LPDDR3-933LPDDR4-1866LPDDR4X-1866
• Max. Memory
  --
• Memory channels
  0 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  --
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Kompanio 500 and UNISOC T618 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Kompanio 500 and MediaTek Kompanio 500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 --
• Documents
  -- Technical data sheet
• Technology
  12 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A --
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q3/2019
• Part Number
  MT8183 --
• Operating systems
  Android Android