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Mediatek Helio X20 Vs Snapdragon 820 vs Exynos 8890 [Compared]
SpecsHelio X20Snapdragon 820Exynoss 8890Number of cores1048Built process20nm14nm14nmMax Clock speed2.3 GHz2.15 GHz2.6GHZhigher power cores22 4Min clock speed1.4 GHZ1.59 GHz 1.58GHZLower power cores 1024GPUMali Adreno 530Mali T880MP12GPU clock0.78 GHz0.62 GHZ0.65 GHZGeekBench Single Core210923002133GeekBench Multi Core 700655916269Antutu Benchmark91252136251129866 Hence, in conclusion, the Mediatek’s Helio X20 is a good chip, but in the ‘Medium’ range only for performnace. It is not the top performance chip like some PR review say, but it is cheap, which is required for ‘medium’ smartphone. You don’t want to spend a lot for a phone, Helio X20 chip would be a smart choice. — -V — -
We compared the 10-core MediaTek Helio X20 [Mali-T880 MP4] with the newer 8-core HiSilicon Kirin 650 [Mali-T830 MP2] SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Helio X20
- Performs 73% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- 5% higher CPU clock speed [2100 vs 2000 MHz]
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 650
- Announced 8-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor [16 versus 20 nm]
- Higher GPU frequency [~15%]
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio X20 and Kirin 650
CPU
Architecture 2x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A72 4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53 Cores 10 8 Frequency 2100 MHz 2000 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A Process 20 nanometers 16 nanometers Transistor count 3 billion 4 billion TDP 5 W 5 W Manufacturing TSMC -
Graphics
GPU name Mali-T880 MP4 Mali-T830 MP2 Architecture Midgard 4th gen Midgard 4th gen GPU frequency 780 MHz 900 MHz Execution units 4 2 Shading units 16 16 Total shaders 64 32 FLOPS 99.8 Gigaflops 57.6 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.0 OpenCL version 1.2 1.2
Memory
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR3 Memory frequency 933 MHz 933 MHz Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit Max bandwidth 12.8 Gbit/s - Max size 4 GB 4 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] No No Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 1920 x 1200 Max camera resolution 1x 25MP 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support LTE Cat. 6 LTE Cat. 7 5G support No No Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps Upload speed Up to 50 Mbps Up to 50 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 4 Bluetooth 4.1 4.1 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Please give your opinion on the comparison of Kirin 650 and Helio X20, or ask any questions