MediaTek Helio G88 vs MediaTek Dimensity 920. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  1 2
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio G70/G80 MediaTek Dimensity 900/920

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
  1.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.00 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  1.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A75 2x Cortex-A78
• 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-G52 MP2 ARM Mali-G68 MP4
• GPU frequency
  1.00 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 4
• Shader
  32 64
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 2 Vallhall 2
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  16 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 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
  No 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 Dimensity 920 and MediaTek Helio G88. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1800 LPDDR4XLPDDR5
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G88 and MediaTek Dimensity 920 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  -- 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G88 and MediaTek Helio G88, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• L3-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  12 nm 6 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  MT6769Z --