MediaTek Helio G90 vs Intel Atom x5-Z8300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Intel Atom
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio G90 Intel Atom x3/x5/x7

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 1.44 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.05 GHz 1.84 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 --
• B core
  6x 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-G76 MP4 Intel HD Graphics 400
• GPU frequency
  0.72 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.50 GHz
• Execution units
  4 12
• Shader
  64 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 8
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2015

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
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Atom x5-Z8300 and MediaTek Helio G90. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  10 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  -- 2.0
• PCIe lanes
  -- 1

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G90 and Intel Atom x5-Z8300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  -- 2 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G90 and MediaTek Helio G90, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT
• ISA extensions
  -- SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Cherry Trail
• Technology
  12 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA 138
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q2/2015
• Part Number
  MT6785V/CD --