MediaTek Dimensity 1200 vs MediaTek Helio G90. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  2 1
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 1100/1200 MediaTek Helio G90

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.00 GHz 2.05 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.60 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  1x Cortex-A78 2x Cortex-A76
• B core
  3x Cortex-A78 6x Cortex-A55
• C core
  4x Cortex-A55 --

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

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G77 MP9 ARM Mali-G76 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz 0.72 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  9 4
• Shader
  144 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  Vallhall 1 Bifrost 3
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q3/2018

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G90 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  10 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and MediaTek Helio G90 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  6 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2019
• Part Number
  MT6893 MT6785V/CD