Official: Mediatek Announces octacore MT6595 with built-in 4G LTE

Ying HuaFebruary 11, 2014

Mediatek have just officially announced their octacore MT6595 processor, their firstprocessor with built-inn 4G lte support.

In November of 2013, Taiwanese chispet maker Mediatek, released the worlds first true octacore processor. The MT6592 octacore runs all 8-cores at once and received a faster GPU and clock speeds of either 1.7Ghz and 2.0ghz.

Mediatek’s newly launched MT6595 chipset builds on the original octacoreSoC but adds 4G lte and a mixture of ARM A17 and A7 which will use ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture similar to Samsung’s Exynos Octacore chipset.

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Mediatek have really packed the the octacore MT6595 chipset with some stunning features and hope that their new processor will take on the mighty Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 805 processors, other features of the new chip include;

Mediatek Octacore MT6595 4G LTE SoC specifications

Rogue PowerVR Series 6 GPU.
4 x ARM Cortex-A7 and 4 x ARM Cortech A17 cores.
big.LITTLE.
On chip 4G LTE, TD-SCMDA, WCDMA and GSM support.
Ultra HD 4K2K video playback and capture.
Support for up to 20 mega-pixel cameras.

Support for WQXGA 2560 x 1600 displays.
GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Gailieo and QZSS.
Ultra low-power Bluetooth.

Mediatek are hoping that more manufacturers will adopt their processors this year and plans to expand in to the U.S market, which to us suggests that at least one of the new Meizu MX4G phones will pack this processor.

As for a launch date, OEMS will be receiving samples soon with phones running the octacore MT6595 chipset going on sale from the 2nd half of this year!

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Ying Hua
I'm an avid gamer and a bit of a Ninja when it comes to gadgets and technology. When I'm not busy with the latest Android and iOS games and I can be found writing at Gizchina.com.

Vlastimil Čech
February 11, 2014
Amazing YEAH.. Now only wait for some models with big Baterry 3000mah++ and display max. 5.3 and resolution max. Full Hd 😉
- Nahúm Pérez Mesa
  February 11, 2014
  I agreed with u man! i will love a TCL Idol X+ with this chip update 😉
Ray Quest
February 11, 2014
really so are the released ? or what is the expect date of release

Nahúm Pérez Mesa
February 11, 2014
I really love this Article and the fact that it will be avaible soon ^^
Michael Ogbonnaya
February 11, 2014
I love what Mediatek is doing. but will phones that pack this new chipset also be sold at pocket friendly costs? I suppose Cortex A17 should be faster than A15. That means more money I suppose.
- natocTo
  February 11, 2014
  A17 is probably slower than A15. About 60% power of A15. But is more power effidence. I read it somewhere, just google it.
  - February 11, 2014
    Well, my mistake in the previous post. Its actually A17 is 60% more powerful than A9. Though less powerful compared to A15 but no mention of the percentage level. Check AnandTech website for info.
    - Peter
      February 13, 2014
  - highwind
    February 11, 2014
    Either you misunderstood something or the article you read was plain wrong…
    If the A17 would be 60% slower than the A15, it would just be as fast as the A7/A9 and therefore it would make absolutely no sense to build a LITTLE.big setup with A7 and A17

Joholn
February 11, 2014
The chip worth waiting for, Octa core on its own was not much of an upgrade but LTE is. Luckily 2100 is my providers freq in UK so it should be covered but only time will tell.
highwind
February 11, 2014
big.LITTLE with A17 plus LTE sounds like a very good package!
Vlastimil Čech
February 11, 2014
Amazing YEAH.. Now only wait for some models with big Baterry 3000mah++ and display max. 5.3 and resolution max. Full Hd 😉
- Nahúm Pérez Mesa
  February 11, 2014
  I agreed with u man! i will love a TCL Idol X+ with this chip update 😉

Ray Quest
February 11, 2014
really so are the released ? or what is the expect date of release
Nahúm Pérez Mesa
February 11, 2014
I really love this Article and the fact that it will be avaible soon ^^
$3003525
February 11, 2014
wow galileo gps support 🙂
Ace
February 11, 2014
I expected them to go for cortex a12. This is good, they’re finally getting to using proper CPU Cores. 4x A17 would be best imo, since it can scale down because it has an embedded a7, but i guess it’s there for marketing reasons.
- billybloggs
  February 11, 2014
  - kleautzak
    February 11, 2014
    If you don’t have a Phone it won’t score at antutu at all!
  - Ace
    February 11, 2014
    30 to 40 thousand, assuming they use the same gpu (Different frequency) as in the 6592
    - Jason
      February 11, 2014

Michael Ogbonnaya
February 11, 2014
I love what Mediatek is doing. but will phones that pack this new chipset also be sold at pocket friendly costs? I suppose Cortex A17 should be faster than A15. That means more money I suppose.
- Guest
  February 11, 2014
  A17 is probably slower than A15. About 60% power of A15. But is more power effidence. I read it somewhere, just google it.
- Michael Ogbonnaya
  February 11, 2014
  Well, my mistake in the previous post. Its actually A17 is 60% more powerful than A9. Though less powerful compared to A15 but no mention of the percentage level. Check AnandTech website for info.
- provokanter Tabellenführer
  February 11, 2014
  Either you misunderstood something or the article you read was plain wrong…
  If the A17 would be 60% slower than the A15, it would just be as fast as the A7/A9 and therefore it would make absolutely no sense to build a LITTLE.big setup with A7 and A17
- Peter
  February 13, 2014
  A15 is 40% faster than A9. So A17 is faster
Joholn
February 11, 2014
The chip worth waiting for, Octa core on its own was not much of an upgrade but LTE is. Luckily 2100 is my providers freq in UK so it should be covered but only time will tell.

provokanter Tabellenführer
February 11, 2014
big.LITTLE with A17 plus LTE sounds like a very good package!

manohar basavaraju
February 11, 2014
Great News !!!
Now all we expect is pocket friendly price with latest specs from reputed Brand with great looks & best Battery. I am sure everyone will ditch their current phone & buy this.
This is the time every Tech enthusiast was waiting anxiously for…
All they have to do is to release the source code for their Kernel along with this new chip just like Samsung… and see the growth of this new invention.
I am sure even the Mediatek wont believe its humongous success !!!
Way to go Mediatek… Right product at the right moment… Now Qualcomm is really feeing the Heat… will have to wait for their reply. They made fun of Octacore when Mediatek released their first true Octacore CPU back in November…
Pls come up with better competition Qualcomm….
- Dr-Shadow
  February 26, 2014
  Mediatek doesn’t need to publish kernel source, they don’t sell phones.
  This is manufacturers role to publish kernel source
  Be carefull about what you say
  - rdeleonp
    February 26, 2014
    Qualcomm doesn’t sell phones either, yet they provide a boatload of helpful items for Android developers, including software libraries, sample code, and documentation. They provide an optimized version of the Dalvik VM for use on Snapdragon based phones, and even lead the “Linux Kernel for MSM” project, for crying out loud. MediaTek’s support for Android, in comparison, is pretty much non existent for everyone but their SoC customers. MediaTek doesn’t care for the Android ROM comunity, at all. As long as that is the case, I ain’t buying anything with a MediaTek SoC inside. Nexus FTW!
    - Dr-Shadow
      February 27, 2014
      Mediatek support for Android is nice with manufacturers. They provide a ready-to-build tree easy to customize.
      Manufacturers don’t do their job to publish kernel sources, that’s worst (copyright violated !)
      In future Mediatek will maybe open some of their source (they changed kernel to 3.10 and android version to 4.4 for MT6595) only if they change their actual structure of srctree
      It is a bit complicated to do (I own full source, I can see that…)

Guest
February 11, 2014
wow galileo gps support 🙂
billybloggs
February 11, 2014
Nice, maybe a phone at 4.5″ full HD, 2 Gb RAM, and a big battery, some of us like a smaller phone. Just hope the GPS is up to snuff.
Guest
February 11, 2014
I expected them to go for cortex a12. This is good, they’re finally getting to using proper CPU Cores. 4x A17 would be best imo, since it can scale down because it has an embedded a7, but i guess it’s there for marketing reasons.
- billybloggs
  February 11, 2014
  wonder what this will score on Antutu?
- Guest
  February 11, 2014
  If you don’t have a Phone it won’t score at antutu at all!
- Guest
  February 12, 2014
  30 to 40 thousand, assuming they use the same gpu (Different frequency) as in the 6592
- Guest
  February 12, 2014
  This one supports PowerVr and the non lte version is Mali gpu

manohar basavaraju
February 11, 2014
Great News !!!
Now all we expect is pocket friendly price with latest specs from reputed Brand with great looks & best Battery. I am sure everyone will ditch their current phone & buy this.
This is the time every Tech enthusiast was waiting anxiously for…
All they have to do is to release the source code for their Kernel along with this new chip just like Samsung… and see the growth of this new invention.
I am sure even the Mediatek wont believe its humongous success !!!
Way to go Mediatek… Right product at the right moment… Now Qualcomm is really feeing the Heat… will have to wait for their reply. They made fun of Octacore when Mediatek released their first true Octacore CPU back in November…
Pls come up with better competition Qualcomm….
- Dr-Shadow
  February 26, 2014
  Mediatek doesn’t need to publish kernel source, they don’t sell phones.
  This is manufacturers role to publish kernel source
  Be carefull about what you say
- ⚡ ⚕ Ayy LOLz LMAO ⚕ ⚡
  February 27, 2014
  Qualcomm doesn’t sell phones either, yet they provide a boatload of helpful items for Android developers, including software libraries, sample code, and documentation. They provide an optimized version of the Dalvik VM for use on Snapdragon based phones, and even lead the “Linux Kernel for MSM” project, for crying out loud. MediaTek’s support for Android, in comparison, is pretty much non existent for everyone but their SoC customers. MediaTek doesn’t care for the Android ROM comunity, at all. As long as that is the case, I ain’t buying anything with a MediaTek SoC inside. Nexus FTW!
- Dr-Shadow
  February 27, 2014
  Mediatek support for Android is nice with manufacturers. They provide a ready-to-build tree easy to customize.
  Manufacturers don’t do their job to publish kernel sources, that’s worst (copyright violated !)
  In future Mediatek will maybe open some of their source (they changed kernel to 3.10 and android version to 4.4 for MT6595) only if they change their actual structure of srctree
  It is a bit complicated to do (I own full source, I can see that…)

billybloggs
February 11, 2014
Nice, maybe a phone at 4.5″ full HD, 2 Gb RAM, and a big battery, some of us like a smaller phone. Just hope the GPS is up to snuff.
Andrei Shevchuk
February 11, 2014
I strongly hope they’ll fix GPS issues.
Andrei Shevchuk
February 11, 2014
I strongly hope they’ll fix GPS issues.
toioioio
February 12, 2014
I wonder, should i go umi x3 or wait?
toioioio
February 12, 2014
I wonder, should i go umi x3 or wait?

Peter
February 13, 2014
I seriously doubt this, since arm announced that a17 will be for q2 of 2015. A17 is faster than a15! However I really hope this is true. Mediatek does some really awesome work with the optimization of their CPUs compared to rockchip or all winner..
Peter
February 13, 2014
I seriously doubt this, since arm announced that a17 will be for q2 of 2015. A17 is faster than a15! However I really hope this is true. Mediatek does some really awesome work with the optimization of their CPUs compared to rockchip or all winner..

Fred
February 14, 2014
Great news. ARM A17 is 32-bit though, right? Still this is fantastic, getting ARM’s cutting edge tech onto their chipset.
Can anyone confirm if the LTE is actually the base version or actually LTA Advanced (LTE-A)?
Guest
February 14, 2014
Great news. ARM A17 is 32-bit though, right? Still this is fantastic, getting ARM’s cutting edge tech onto their chipset.
Can anyone confirm if the LTE is actually the base version or actually LTA Advanced (LTE-A)?