This work makes a detailed analysis on the principles and characteristics of Direct Power Control (DPC) and Model Predictive Control (MPC) applied to three-phase half-bridge PWM Rectifier. Model predictive control has merits of forecast and real-time optimization. MPC controller computes the optimal space vector of input voltage to the PWM rectifier in the dq frame and then this desired space vector is modulated via space vector pulse width modulation. The simulation results from Matlab/Simulink illustrate the flexibility and effectiveness of MPC-SVPWM approach.