MediaTek MT8693 vs Intel Atom N2600. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek MT81xx MT86xx A72 / A53 Intel Atom N2000
• Family
  Mediatek MT-Serie Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 1
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  6x Cortex-A72 -
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  10 10.1
• Execution units
  2 4
• GPU Frequency
  10 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR GX6250 Intel GMA 3600
• GPU Turbo
  10 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q4/2008
• Shader
  32 32
• Technology
  28 nm 65 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom N2600 and MediaTek MT8693. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 DDR3-1066

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek MT8693 and Intel Atom N2600 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 3.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek MT8693 and Intel Atom N2600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Cedarview
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE3
• L3-Cache
  - 1 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Release date
  2016 Q4/2011
• Socket
  - BGA 559
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None