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MediaTek
MediaTek MT8168
MediaTek's 12nm tablet chip combines four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 2GHz with a Mali-G52-class GPU at up to 800MHz and integrates dual-band Wi-Fi 5. It targets tablets, eReaders and smart-home devices, and is used in Amazon's Fire HD 8 (2020) and, as the MT8168V variant, the Fire 7 (2022).
Pros
- Built on a 12nm process
- Four Cortex-A53 cores clocked up to 2GHz
- Mali-G52-class GPU runs at up to 800MHz
- Integrated dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth
- Camera ISP supports sensors up to 13MP and Full HD video at 60fps
Cons
- Only four Cortex-A53 cores with no high-performance cores, so performance is limited next to newer tablet chips
- Wi-Fi 5 rather than Wi-Fi 6
- Video encode and decode are limited to 1080p
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU and GPU still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek MT8168
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 12 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8-A
CPU
- Cores
- 4
- Core configuration
- 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
- Max clock
- 2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G52 MC1
- GPU clock
- 800 MHz
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
Media
- Video capture
- 1080p@60fps
Devices with the MediaTek MT8168
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek MT8168 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the MediaTek MT8168 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 12nm tablet chip combines four Cortex-A53 cores at up to 2GHz with a Mali-G52-class GPU at up to 800MHz and integrates dual-band Wi-Fi 5. It targets tablets, eReaders and smart-home devices, and is used in Amazon's Fire HD 8 (2020) and, as the MT8168V variant, the Fire 7 (2022).
Which devices use the MediaTek MT8168?
One device in our catalog uses the MediaTek MT8168: Amazon Fire 7 (2022).
What are the key specs of the MediaTek MT8168?
Cores: 4 · Process: 12 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G52 MC1
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek MT8168?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MediaTek MT8166, Unisoc T310, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
