MediaTek Helio G80 vs Samsung Exynos 5420. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  1 3
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio G70/G80 Samsung Exynos 5260/5410/5420/5422/5800

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
  1.80 GHz 1.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.00 GHz 1.90 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.80 GHz 1.90 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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-G52 MP2 ARM Mali-T628 MP6
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz 0.53 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 6
• Shader
  32 96
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 Midgard 2
• Technology
  16 nm 32nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2012

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5420 and MediaTek Helio G80. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1800 LPDDR3e-933
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 0

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G80 and Samsung Exynos 5420 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 Helio G80 and MediaTek Helio G80, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.50 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7
• Technology
  12 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2013
• Part Number
  MT6769T --