The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal in which a clock frequency of a memory varies as needed and a control method thereof, and the mobile terminal may include a memory provided with a table comprising information on a memory clock frequency corresponding to a different multiple of a preset source clock frequency, and a controller configured to primarily change the memory clock frequency of the mobile terminal to any one of frequencies according to the table in accordance with at least one of functions or applications carried out in the mobile terminal, wherein when the memory clock frequency is primarily changed, the controller secondarily changes the changed memory clock frequency to a frequency different from the changed memory clock frequency according to whether or not the communication performance of the mobile terminal is degraded.