MediaTek Kompanio 500 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Kompanio 500 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Family
  Mediatek Kompanio Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 7
• 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-A73 1x Kryo 585 Prime
• A-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz (2.00 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 3x Kryo 585 Gold
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 585 Silver
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.42 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
  12 12.0
• Execution units
  3 2
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 6
• GPU Frequency
  800 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G72 MP3 Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 670 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q4/2019
• Shader
  48 512
• Technology
  16 nm 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and MediaTek Kompanio 500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  0 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR3LPDDR4X LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5500

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Kompanio 500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Kompanio 500 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53 Kryo 585
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  MT8183 SM8250-AC
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q2/2021
• Technology
  12 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None