Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs MediaTek Helio X27. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 MediaTek Helio X20
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  8 2
• 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
  1x Kryo 680 Prime 2x Cortex-A72
• B-Core
  3x Kryo 680 Gold 4x Cortex-A53
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz -
• C-Core
  4x Kryo 680 Silver 4x Cortex-A53
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 10
• CPU Threads
  8 10
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.84 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.4 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 1.60 GHz (2.60 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
  12.1 11
• Execution units
  0 4
• Generation
  6 Midgard 4
• GPU Frequency
  840 MHz 880 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 660 ARM Mali-T880 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 880 MHz
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2016
• Shader
  0 64
• Technology
  5 nm 16 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio X27 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 4 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-3200 LPDDR3-800

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and MediaTek Helio X27 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 and MediaTek Helio X27, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 680 Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB -
• L3-Cache
  8 MB -
• Part Number
  - MT6797X
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2017
• Technology
  5 nm 20 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Operating systems
  - Android