MediaTek MT8732 vs MediaTek Helio X23. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek MT-Serie Mediatek Helio
• CPU group
  MediaTek MT87xx A53 MediaTek Helio X20
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 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
  4 / 4 10 / 10
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• 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-T760 MP2 ARM Mali-T880 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz 0.78 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.50 GHz 0.78 GHz
• Execution units
  2 4
• Shader
  32 64
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  Midgard 3 Midgard 4
• Direct X
  11 11
• Technology
  28nm 16 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q2/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio X23 and MediaTek MT8732. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR3-800
• Max. Memory
  4 GB
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel) 2
• Bandwidth
  6.4 GB/s --
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek MT8732 and MediaTek Helio X23 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek MT8732 and MediaTek MT8732, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  28 nm 20 nm
• Socket
  -- N/A
• L2-Cache
  0.51 MB --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
• Operating systems
  Android Android
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q1/2017
• Part Number
  -- MT6797D