MediaTek Helio X20 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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MediaTek Helio X20 Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 10 cores 2100MHz MediaTek Helio X20 vs. 8 cores 3200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Helio X20 Advantages

Lower TDP (5W vs 6W)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.3721 TFLOPS vs 0.0998 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (44GB/s vs 12.8GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3200MHz vs 2100MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 20nm)

Released 5 years and 8 months late

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Helio X20

99

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 +1285%

1372

MediaTek Helio X20

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

CPU

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

Architecture

1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)

2100 MHz

Frequency

3200 MHz

10

Cores

8

-

L2 cache

1 MB

-

L3 cache

0

20 nm

Process

7 nm

3

Transistor count

10.3

5 W

TDP

6 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-T880 MP4

GPU name

Adreno 650

780 MHz

GPU frequency

670 MHz

4

Execution units

2

16

Shading units

512

4

Max size

16

0.0998 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.3721 TFLOPS

1.0

Vulkan version

1.1

1.2

OpenCL version

2.0

11.2

DirectX version

12.1

Memory

LPDDR3

Memory type

LPDDR5

933 MHz

Memory frequency

2750 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

12.8 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

44 Gbit/s

AI

No

NPU

Hexagon 698

Multimedia (ISP)

No

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 698

eMMC 5.1

Storage type

UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1

2560 x 1600

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 25MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

4K at 30FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X55

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6

4G support

LTE Cat. 22

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 300 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 50 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

6

4.1

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

May 2015

Announced

Jan 2021

Mid range

Class

Flagship

MT6797

Model number

SM8250-AC

MediaTek Helio X20

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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