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HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G vs MediaTek Helio G96. Specifications

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Released
Q1/2021
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
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Q3/2021
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MediaTek Helio G96
MediaTek Helio G96

What's the best choice HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G or MediaTek Helio G96? Which processor is faster?

Compare the available specifications of these models.

HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G has a base frequency of 1.84 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 6 W. Released in Q1/2021.

MediaTek Helio G96 has a base frequency of 2.00 GHz. 8 CPU Cores / Threads. Released in Q3/2021.

Differences

  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 8% higher specified turbo frequency

    2.22 GHz left arrow 2.05 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    529 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    40 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 9% better clock speed

    2.00 GHz left arrow 1.84 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions MediaTek Helio G96 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    923 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    785 place

Specifications

Technical data
HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G
MediaTek Helio G96 MediaTek Helio G96
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    HiSilicon Kirin 810/820 left arrow MediaTek Helio G90
  • Family
    HiSilicon Kirin left arrow Mediatek Helio
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 1
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    3x Cortex-A76 left arrow 2x Cortex-A76
  • B-Core
    3x Cortex-A55 left arrow 6x Cortex-A55
  • Base Frequency
    1.84 GHz left arrow 2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    8 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    8 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    2.22 GHz left arrow 2.05 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    1.84 GHz left arrow 2 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    6 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    Vallhall 1 left arrow Vallhall 1
  • GPU Frequency
    850 MHz left arrow 900 MHz
  • GPU name
    ARM Mali-G57 MP6 left arrow ARM Mali-G57 MP2
  • GPU Turbo
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 2
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow 4 GB
  • Release date
    Q2/2020 left arrow Q2/2020
  • Shader
    96 left arrow 32
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G96 and HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    - left arrow 10 GB
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-2133 left arrow LPDDR4X-2133
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G and MediaTek Helio G96 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    6 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by HiSilicon Kirin 820E 5G and MediaTek Helio G96, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 left arrow Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • L3-Cache
    2 MB left arrow -
  • Release date
    Q1/2021 left arrow Q3/2021
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 12 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

No comparable benchmark results are available yet. Specifications alone do not determine which model is faster.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15

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