Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G vs MediaTek Helio X30. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Mediatek Helio
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 MediaTek Helio X30
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  8 3
• Successor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G --

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 10 / 10
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Kryo 560 Gold 2x Cortex-A73
• B-Core
  6x Kryo 560 Silver 4x Cortex-A53
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz 1.90 GHz (2.60 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  1.70 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.

• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 619L PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus)
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.85 GHz
• Execution units
  0 8
• Shader
  0 32
• Max. displays
  0 1
• Generation
  6
• Direct X
  12.1 12
• Technology
  8 nm 10
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio X30 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G and MediaTek Helio X30 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G and Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Kryo 560 Cortex-A73 / -A53 / -A35
• Technology
  8 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2017
• Part Number
  SM6350 MT6799
• Operating systems
  Android Android