MediaTek Helio X30 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

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We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 10 cores 2600MHz MediaTek Helio X30 vs. 10 cores 3200MHz Samsung Exynos 2500 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Samsung Exynos 2500 Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 27.81GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3200MHz vs 2600MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 10nm)

Released 7 years and 11 months late

Score

MediaTek Helio X30

VS

Samsung Exynos 2500

CPU

2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A35

Architecture

1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X5
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A730
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520

2600 MHz

Frequency

3200 MHz

10

Cores

10

2 MB

L2 cache

-

10 nm

Process

3 nm

3

Transistor count

-

5 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

PowerVR GT7400 Plus

GPU name

-

850 MHz

GPU frequency

-

4

Execution units

-

32

Shading units

-

8

Max size

24

0.2176 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

1.1

Vulkan version

-

2.0

OpenCL version

-

11.2

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR5T

1866 MHz

Memory frequency

4800 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

27.81 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

76.8 Gbit/s

AI

No

NPU

Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

No

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1

Storage type

UFS 4.0

2560 x 1600

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 28MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

-

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, VP8, VP9, VC-1

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1

AMR-NB, ADPCM, AMR-WB, OGG, WAV, MP3, MP2, AAC, AMR-NB, LAC, APE, AAC-plus v1, AAC-plus v2, WMA, ADPCM

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 10

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 450 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 50 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

7

5.0

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Navigation

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

Info

Feb 2017

Announced

Jan 2025

Flagship

Class

Flagship

MT6799

Model number

-

MediaTek Helio X30

Official page

-

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