MediaTek Helio X20 vs Google Tensor G5

VS

MediaTek Helio X20

Google Tensor G5

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 10 cores 2100MHz MediaTek Helio X20 vs. 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G5 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.536 TFLOPS vs 0.0998 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 2100MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 20nm)

Released 10 years and 3 months late

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Helio X20

99

Google Tensor G5 +1451%

1536

MediaTek Helio X20

VS

Google Tensor G5

CPU

2x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53

Architecture

1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525

2100 MHz

Frequency

3400 MHz

10

Cores

8

ARMv8-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

20 nm

Process

3 nm

3

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-T880 MP4

GPU name

-

780 MHz

GPU frequency

1100 MHz

4

Execution units

-

16

Shading units

-

4

Max size

16

0.0998 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.536 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

-

1.2

OpenCL version

-

11.2

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR3

Memory type

LPDDR5X

933 MHz

Memory frequency

-

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

12.8 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

-

Multimedia (ISP)

No

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1

Storage type

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

2560 x 1600

Max display resolution

3840 x 2400

1x 25MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

-

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 300 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 50 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

7

4.1

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

May 2015

Announced

Aug 2025

Mid range

Class

Flagship

MT6797

Model number

-

MediaTek Helio X20

Official page

-

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