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MediaTek
MediaTek MT8166
MediaTek's MT8166 is a quad-core Cortex-A53 tablet chip clocked at up to 2.0 GHz with an integrated IMG PowerVR GE8300 GPU. It is used in the Wi-Fi model of the Lenovo Tab M7 (3rd Gen), a 7-inch Android 11 (Go edition) tablet with 2GB of LPDDR4x memory.
Pros
- Four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 2.0 GHz
- Integrated IMG PowerVR GE8300 GPU
- Paired with LPDDR4x memory in the Lenovo Tab M7 (3rd Gen)
Cons
- Four Cortex-A53 cores and no high-performance cores, which limits performance next to newer tablet chips
- Process node and announcement date are not given in Lenovo's published specifications for the Tab M7 (3rd Gen)
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU and GPU still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek MT8166
General
- Architecture
- Armv8-A
CPU
- Cores
- 4
- Core configuration
- 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
- Max clock
- 2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- IMG PowerVR GE8300
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Devices with the MediaTek MT8166
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek MT8166 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the MediaTek MT8166 yet: there are no published CPU and GPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. MediaTek's MT8166 is a quad-core Cortex-A53 tablet chip clocked at up to 2.0 GHz with an integrated IMG PowerVR GE8300 GPU. It is used in the Wi-Fi model of the Lenovo Tab M7 (3rd Gen), a 7-inch Android 11 (Go edition) tablet with 2GB of LPDDR4x memory.
Which devices use the MediaTek MT8166?
One device in our catalog uses the MediaTek MT8166: Lenovo Tab M7 (3rd Gen).
What are the key specs of the MediaTek MT8166?
Cores: 4 · GPU: IMG PowerVR GE8300
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek MT8166?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek MT8168, Unisoc T310, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
