Product Description
The MediaTek MT5597VHEJ/B is a highly capable System-on-Chip (SoC) designed for smart home entertainment devices, such as 4K smart TVs, set-top boxes, and streaming media players. Its powerful architecture, combined with advanced video decoding features, excellent graphics capabilities, and comprehensive connectivity, makes it an ideal solution for next-generation home entertainment systems.
At the heart of the MT5597VHEJ/B is an octa-core CPU, combining four ARM Cortex-A73 cores and four Cortex-A53 cores. The Cortex-A73 cores, running at up to 2.0 GHz, provide the necessary processing power for demanding tasks, such as 4K video decoding, gaming, and multitasking. Meanwhile, the Cortex-A53 cores operate at lower frequencies (up to 1.8 GHz), ensuring power efficiency when performing lighter tasks, such as background operations and media playback. The big.LITTLE architecture dynamically switches between the performance and efficiency cores based on workload demands, optimizing the balance between power consumption and computational power.
The SoC’s GPU, the Mali-G52 MP4, plays a crucial role in delivering excellent visual performance. The Mali-G52 supports 4K UHD video decoding at 60Hz, making it well-suited for modern 4K displays. It also supports HDR content, including HDR10 and HLG, for richer colors, brighter highlights, and deeper contrast. This means that users can enjoy vibrant, lifelike visuals with a much greater sense of realism, especially in content with high dynamic range, such as HDR movies or TV shows.
Connectivity is a key strength of the MT5597VHEJ/B. Equipped with Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), it provides fast, reliable wireless internet speeds that are crucial for seamless 4K streaming, gaming, and browsing. For users who prefer wired connections, the chipset also includes support for Gigabit Ethernet, ensuring fast and stable internet access. Additionally, Bluetooth 5.0 support allows for low-power wireless communication with Bluetooth peripherals like headphones, speakers, and game controllers, while USB 3.0 enables rapid data transfer with external storage devices or peripherals.
Power efficiency is another major advantage of the MT5597VHEJ/B. Manufactured using a 16nm FinFET process, the SoC consumes less power while providing high performance, which is essential for always-on devices like smart TVs. Dynamic power management ensures that energy usage is optimized based on the processing load, extending the device's longevity while ensuring that performance remains high during demanding tasks.
Overall, the MediaTek MT5597VHEJ/B is a powerful and versatile SoC that offers exceptional multimedia capabilities, advanced graphics support, and a comprehensive range of connectivity options. Whether you're streaming 4K UHD content, gaming, or simply enjoying your favorite shows, this chipset provides a seamless and immersive experience for a wide range of entertainment applications.
Specification
CPU Configuration:
Octa-Core Processor: The MT5597VHEJ/B features an octa-core CPU with four ARM Cortex-A73 cores and four ARM Cortex-A53 cores. The Cortex-A73 cores are designed for high-performance tasks, providing speeds up to 2.0 GHz, which is ideal for resource-intensive operations like 4K video playback, gaming, and multitasking. The Cortex-A53 cores operate at lower frequencies (up to 1.8 GHz), focusing on power efficiency for less demanding tasks, ensuring that overall energy consumption remains low.
ARMv8-A Architecture: Built on ARM's 64-bit ARMv8-A architecture, the MT5597VHEJ/B offers a significant performance improvement over older 32-bit processors. This architecture enables better memory management and multi-threading, improving efficiency and supporting modern applications and operating systems.
big.LITTLE Architecture: The chipset’s big.LITTLE design enables it to switch between the high-performance Cortex-A73 cores and the energy-efficient Cortex-A53 cores dynamically. This architecture optimizes power consumption based on the processing load, allowing the MT5597VHEJ/B to deliver powerful performance when required while maintaining low energy usage during idle times or light tasks.
GPU:
Mali-G52 MP4 GPU: The MT5597VHEJ/B integrates the Mali-G52 MP4 graphics processor, known for its strong capabilities in delivering high-quality graphics and smooth rendering for multimedia applications. The GPU supports a variety of advanced graphics APIs, including OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan, and OpenCL, enabling smooth performance for graphically intensive applications such as 4K video playback, gaming, and 3D rendering.
4K UHD Video Decoding: The Mali-G52 GPU, along with the SoC's hardware decoding engine, allows for seamless 4K UHD video playback at 60Hz. This is essential for viewing high-definition content on 4K TVs and displays without experiencing stuttering or frame drops. The chipset also supports multiple video codecs, including HEVC (H.265), VP9, and AV1, ensuring compatibility with various streaming platforms and media formats.
HDR Video Support: The MT5597VHEJ/B supports high dynamic range (HDR) content, including HDR10 and Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG), providing enhanced color accuracy, brighter highlights, and better contrast in video content. HDR technology results in more vivid and lifelike images, offering an immersive viewing experience on compatible displays.
Video and Audio:
4K UHD at 60Hz: The MT5597VHEJ/B is optimized for 4K UHD video playback at 60Hz, which is necessary for smooth rendering of high-resolution video content, such as streaming movies or TV shows in 4K, playing games, and more. The hardware-accelerated video decoding ensures high efficiency and reduced power consumption when playing back high-resolution videos.
HDR Support: In addition to standard dynamic range video, the MT5597VHEJ/B supports HDR10 and HLG, bringing superior video quality with improved brightness, contrast, and color range. These HDR technologies enhance the viewer's experience by delivering more realistic and vivid images, especially in high-contrast scenes like bright skies or dark shadows.
Audio Support: The MT5597VHEJ/B includes support for Dolby Audio and DTS technologies, which enhance the sound experience by providing clear dialogue, surround sound effects, and deep bass. This ensures high-quality audio output for an immersive multimedia experience, whether users are watching movies, playing games, or listening to music.
Connectivity:
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac): The SoC supports Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), which enables fast wireless internet speeds, essential for streaming high-bandwidth content such as 4K video or for gaming. Wi-Fi 5 provides increased network capacity and faster throughput compared to older Wi-Fi standards, ensuring a smooth experience when connecting to the internet.
Gigabit Ethernet: For wired network connections, the MT5597VHEJ/B includes Gigabit Ethernet support, offering high-speed, low-latency internet connections for tasks that require reliable and stable data transfers, such as gaming or streaming large media files. This feature is especially important in environments where stable and fast internet is critical.
Bluetooth 5.0: The chipset supports Bluetooth 5.0, which offers faster speeds, greater range, and lower energy consumption compared to previous Bluetooth versions. This allows users to easily connect wireless peripherals such as headphones, speakers, and controllers, further enhancing the multimedia experience.
USB 3.0: With USB 3.0 support, the MT5597VHEJ/B allows for high-speed data transfers with external devices like storage drives, gaming peripherals, or additional input devices. USB 3.0 ensures fast and reliable connectivity for a variety of external devices.
Memory and Storage:
LPDDR4/4x RAM: The MT5597VHEJ/B supports LPDDR4 and LPDDR4x RAM standards, providing high memory bandwidth for demanding applications, such as 4K video decoding, multitasking, and gaming. These memory types also offer better power efficiency, which is crucial for always-on devices like smart TVs and set-top boxes.
eMMC 5.1 Storage Support: The chipset supports eMMC 5.1 storage technology, which offers fast read and write speeds, essential for quick boot times and smooth media playback. Additionally, the MT5597VHEJ/B can support external storage through USB 3.0, providing expanded capacity for media files and applications.
External Storage and Peripherals: USB 3.0 connectivity allows for easy connection of external storage devices, enabling users to store and access large amounts of data, media, and games quickly. The support for various input and output devices ensures seamless integration into a wide range of consumer electronics.
Power Efficiency:
16nm FinFET Technology: The MT5597VHEJ/B is built using a 16nm FinFET process, which enhances power efficiency while delivering high performance. This advanced manufacturing process helps the SoC consume less power while still providing the processing power required for intensive tasks like video streaming, gaming, and multitasking.
Dynamic Power Management: The chipset's dynamic power management system ensures that power consumption is optimized based on the workload. It can adjust the power state of the cores dynamically, switching to lower-power states during idle times, thereby extending the lifespan of the device and reducing overall energy consumption.
