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

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

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

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

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A75 4x Cortex-A15
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A55 4x Cortex-A7
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  1.8 GHz 1.9 GHz

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 11
• Execution units
  2 6
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 Midgard 2
• GPU Frequency
  950 MHz 530 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G52 MP2 ARM Mali-T628 MP6
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2012
• Shader
  32 96
• Technology
  16 nm 32nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  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.

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

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G80 and Samsung Exynos 5420 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G80 and Samsung Exynos 5420, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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