MediaTek Helio X20 vs MediaTek Helio X30. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Mediatek Helio
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X20 MediaTek Helio X30
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 3

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
  10 / 10 10 / 10
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A72 2x Cortex-A73
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Cortex-A53
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Cortex-A35
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  1.40 GHz (2.10 GHz) 1.90 GHz (2.60 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.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T880 MP4 PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus)
• GPU frequency
  0.78 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.78 GHz 0.85 GHz
• Execution units
  4 8
• Shader
  64 32
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Midgard 4
• Direct X
  11 12
• Technology
  16 nm 10
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q1/2016

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 No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio X30 and MediaTek Helio X20. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR4X-1866
• Max. Memory
  4 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X20 and MediaTek Helio X30 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio X20 and MediaTek Helio X20, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A73 / -A53 / -A35
• Technology
  20 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q2/2017
• Part Number
  MT6797 MT6799
• Operating systems
  Android Android