MediaTek Helio P30 vs Samsung Exynos 9609. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio P20/P30 Samsung Exynos 9600
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  2 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
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Cortex-A73
• A-Core Frequency
  1.65 GHz (2.30 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Cortex-A53
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 1.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 2.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.2 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
  11 12
• Execution units
  2 3
• Generation
  Bifrost 1 Bifrost 2
• GPU Frequency
  950 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G71 MP2 ARM Mali-G72 MP3
• GPU Turbo
  950 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q3/2017
• Shader
  32 48
• Technology
  16 nm 16 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 9609 and MediaTek Helio P30. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  6 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  12.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 0
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1600 LPDDR4X-1600

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio P30 and Samsung Exynos 9609 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 P30 and Samsung Exynos 9609, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  MT6758 -
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2019
• Technology
  16 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None None