MediaTek
CPUEmbeddedReleased Mar 10, 2026

MediaTek Genio 420

8C/8T · 1.8 GHz

Entry point to MediaTek's generative-AI Genio line, announced on March 10, 2026 and pin-to-pin compatible with the Genio 520 and Genio 720, so one board design can cover several performance tiers. Built on TSMC's 6 nm process, it has two Cortex-A78 cores at 1.8 GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores at 1.6 GHz, a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU at 880 MHz and an 8th-generation MediaTek NPU rated at 6.2 TOPS, or 7.2 TOPS for the whole system. It accepts LPDDR4X-4266 up to 8 GB or LPDDR5X-6400 up to 16 GB and drives two 2.5K60 displays or a single ultra-wide 5K60 or 4K60 display. It is offered in a consumer temperature grade only.

General

Manufacturer
MediaTek
Model
MediaTek Genio 420
Segment
Embedded
Generation
Genio
Codename
MT8371LV
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
2× Cortex-A78 + 6× Cortex-A55
Release date
Mar 10, 2026

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
8 cores / 8 threadsP2+E6
Base clock
—
Boost clock
1.80 GHz
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
6 nm
TSMC N6

Platform

Socket
—
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Arm Mali-G57 MC2
Clock: 880 MHz
Memory type
LPDDR4X-4266 / LPDDR5X-6400
Memory size
Up to 16 GB
ECC memory
—
PCIe
PCIe 2.0 (1 lane)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
Armv8.2-A (AArch64)
NPU
MediaTek 8th-Gen NPU (MDLA5.3) — 6.2 TOPS

OS support

Notes
MediaTek officially supports Android and Yocto Linux (IoT Yocto), with Ubuntu on its release roadmap. Windows, macOS and ChromeOS are not supported, and Fedora and Arch Linux have no official support.
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