MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs MediaTek Helio G96. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 700/720/800 MediaTek Helio G90

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.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 2.05 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 2x Cortex-A76
• B core
  6x Cortex-A55 6x Cortex-A55

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-G57 MP3 ARM Mali-G57 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.95 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  3 2
• Shader
  48 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  Vallhall 1 Vallhall 1
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q2/2020

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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G96 and MediaTek Dimensity 800U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  12 GB 10 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 800U and MediaTek Helio G96 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
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Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 800U and MediaTek Dimensity 800U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  7 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  MT6853V/TNZA MT6853T --