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MediaTek
MediaTek MT8176
MediaTek MT8176 is a 2016 hexa-core tablet chip with two Cortex-A72 cores at up to 2.1GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores and an IMG PowerVR GX6250 GPU at 600MHz on a 28nm process. It pairs dual-channel LPDDR3 with 2560x1600 display support and 4K HEVC video, and powers tablets such as the ASUS ZenPad 3S 10.
Pros
- Hexa-core design with two Cortex-A72 cores at up to 2.1GHz plus four Cortex-A53 cores
- IMG PowerVR GX6250 GPU running at 600MHz
- Dual-channel LPDDR3 memory interface
- Drives displays up to 2560x1600 and supports 4K H.265/HEVC video decoding and encoding
- 20MP camera ISP and dual-band Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) support
Cons
- Video capture tops out at 1080p at 30fps
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth come from a separate MT6630 companion chip
- MediaTek's specification page lists no integrated cellular modem
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU and GPU still need a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek MT8176
General
- Announced
- 2016
- Process
- 28 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8-A
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x2.1 GHz Cortex-A72 + 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53
- Max clock
- 2.1 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- IMG PowerVR GX6250
- GPU clock
- 600 MHz
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR3 (dual channel)
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
Media
- Max display
- WQXGA (2560x1600)
- Video capture
- 1080p@30fps
Devices with the MediaTek MT8176
1 device in our catalog uses this chip
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek MT8176 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the MediaTek MT8176 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 MT8176 is a 2016 hexa-core tablet chip with two Cortex-A72 cores at up to 2.1GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores and an IMG PowerVR GX6250 GPU at 600MHz on a 28nm process. It pairs dual-channel LPDDR3 with 2560x1600 display support and 4K HEVC video, and powers tablets such as the ASUS ZenPad 3S 10.
Which devices use the MediaTek MT8176?
One device in our catalog uses the MediaTek MT8176: Asus ZenPad 3S 10.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek MT8176?
Cores: 6 · Process: 28 nm · GPU: IMG PowerVR GX6250
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek MT8176?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple A11 Bionic, Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, Apple A12 Bionic — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
