MediaTek Helio X20 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X20 Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
• 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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) normal
• Overclocking
  No No

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 Qualcomm Adreno 505
• GPU frequency
  0.78 GHz 0.45 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.78 GHz 0.45 GHz
• Execution units
  4 0
• Shader
  64 48
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Generation
  Midgard 4 5
• Technology
  16 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2015

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 and MediaTek Helio X20. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR3-800
• Max. Memory
  4 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X20 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 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-A53
• Technology
  20 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q2/2016
• Part Number
  MT6797 MSM8937