Genio 500 / MT8385
The MediaTek Genio 500 is a 12 nm octa-core IoT application processor for portable, home, and commercial devices that need stronger CPUs than Genio 350, with FHD+ displays and multi-camera vision. It pairs four Cortex-A73 cores with four Cortex-A53 cores and a dual VP6 vision DSP.
General Specifications
Specs
| SoC | MediaTek Genio 500 / MT8385 |
|---|---|
| Process | 12 nm |
| CPU | Octa-core: 4× Arm Cortex-A73 @ 2.0 GHz 4× Arm Cortex-A53 @ 2.0 GHz |
| RAM | LPDDR3 or LPDDR4/X up to 3733 Mbps Up to 8 GB |
| GPU | Arm Mali-G72 MP3 @ up to 800 MHz OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0, OpenCL 2.x |
| NPU | Dual-core Cadence Tensilica VP6 @ up to 525 MHz About 0.75 TOPS |
| VPU | Decode: H.264/HEVC 1080p30 Encode: H.264 1080p30 |
| Display | Concurrent dual display MIPI-DSI 4-lane, DPI/DBI Up to FHD+ (2400×1080) |
| ISP | Up to 32 MP @ 30 fps Multi-camera MIPI CSI-2 |
| Storage | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 (1-lane), SD |
| USB | SuperSpeed USB device or USB 2.0 OTG |
| Connectivity | External Wi-Fi / Bluetooth / GNSS / FM via companion chips (e.g. MT7668 / MT6631) |
| Temperature | Typical modules: about −20°C to 85°C ambient |
Variant Differences
- MT8385: Primary Genio 500 application processor. Android, Yocto Linux, and Ubuntu are the usual OS options from MediaTek and module vendors.
Linux Support
Mainline kernel
- Fully supported
- Vendor / BSP kernels are the common path (Yocto Kirkstone-era BSPs on modules)
Resources
Boards with Genio 500
List of boards: