MediaTek Kompanio 900T vs Samsung Exynos 850. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Kompanio Samsung Exynos
• CPU group
  MediaTek Kompanio 900/1200/1300 Samsung Exynos 800
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 4

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
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A78 8x Cortex-A55
• B-Core
  6x Cortex-A55 --
• 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-G68 MP4 ARM Mali-G52 MP1
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4 1
• Shader
  64 16
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  Vallhall 2 Bifrost 2
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  6 nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2020

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 850 and MediaTek Kompanio 900T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Kompanio 900T and Samsung Exynos 850 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Kompanio 900T and MediaTek Kompanio 900T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A77 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  6 nm 8 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q2/2020
• Part Number
  MT8791 S5E3830