MediaTek Helio A20 vs MediaTek Helio P23. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Mediatek Helio
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio A20/A25 MediaTek Helio P20/P30
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 2

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  4 / 4 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

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
  PowerVR GE8300 ARM Mali-G71 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.55 GHz 0.77 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  1 2
• Shader
  0 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 1
• Direct X
  10 11
• Technology
  20 nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q2/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio P23 and MediaTek Helio A20. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1600 LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1600
• Max. Memory
  3 GB 6 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Bandwidth
  -- 12.8 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio A20 and MediaTek Helio P23 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio A20 and MediaTek Helio A20, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A53
• Technology
  12 nm 16 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2017
• Part Number
  -- MT6763T
• Operating systems
  Android Android