MediaTek Helio P10
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MediaTek Helio P10 vs Samsung Exynos 7870. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2015
MediaTek Helio P10
MediaTek Helio P10
Released
Q1/2016
Overall score
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Samsung Exynos 7870
Samsung Exynos 7870

What's the best choice MediaTek Helio P10 or Samsung Exynos 7870? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

MediaTek Helio P10 has a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q4/2015.

Samsung Exynos 7870 has a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q1/2016.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1705 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions MediaTek Helio P10 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1693 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    859 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    755 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1839 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 25% better clock speed

    1.60 GHz left arrow 1.20 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Samsung Exynos 7870 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1479 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1514 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1757 place

Specifications

Technical data
MediaTek Helio P10 MediaTek Helio P10
Samsung Exynos 7870 Samsung Exynos 7870
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Mediatek Helio left arrow Samsung Exynos
  • CPU group
    MediaTek Helio P10 left arrow Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
CPU Technical specs

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
    8 / 8 left arrow 8 / 8
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • A-Core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow --
  • B-Core
    4x Cortex-A53 left arrow --
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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-T860 MP2 left arrow ARM Mali-T830 MP1
  • GPU frequency
    0.70 GHz left arrow 0.60 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.70 GHz left arrow 0.60 GHz
  • Execution units
    2 left arrow 1
  • Shader
    32 left arrow 16
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    Midgard 4 left arrow Midgard 4
  • Direct X
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    28nm left arrow 28nm
  • Release date
    Q4/2015 left arrow Q4/2015
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 7870 and MediaTek Helio P10. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR3-933 left arrow LPDDR3-933
  • Max. Memory
    4 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 0
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio P10 and Samsung Exynos 7870 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio P10 and MediaTek Helio P10, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    -- left arrow 2.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Cortex-A53 left arrow Cortex-A53
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q4/2015 left arrow Q1/2016
  • Part Number
    MT6755 left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between MediaTek Helio P10 and Samsung Exynos 7870.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
48
MediaTek Helio P10
20
Samsung Exynos 7870

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