MediaTek Dimensity 1200 vs MediaTek Helio X30. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 1100/1200 MediaTek Helio X30

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.

• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)

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-G77 MP9 PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus)
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz 0.85 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.85 GHz
• Execution units
  9 8
• Shader
  144 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB --
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  Vallhall 1
• Technology
  7 nm 10
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q1/2016

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio X30 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-1866
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 1200 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 MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A73 / -A53 / -A35
• Technology
  6 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q2/2017
• Part Number
  MT6893 MT6799