MediaTek Helio X30 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X30 Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 2

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 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A73 2x Kryo 470 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 6x Kryo 470 Silver
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A35 --
• 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
  PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus) Qualcomm Adreno 618
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz 0.83 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  8 0
• Shader
  32 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  6
• Direct X
  12 12.1
• Technology
  10 14 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q2/2019

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G and MediaTek Helio X30. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X30 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio X30 and MediaTek Helio X30, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / -A53 / -A35 Kryo 470 Gold/475 Silver
• Technology
  10 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q2/2019
• Part Number
  MT6799 SM7150-AB