MediaTek Helio P15 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 653. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio P10 Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 4

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.

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

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-T860 MP2 Qualcomm Adreno 510
• GPU frequency
  0.70 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.70 GHz 0.60 GHz
• Execution units
  2 0
• Shader
  32 128
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Generation
  Midgard 4 5
• Technology
  28nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q4/2015

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 and MediaTek Helio P15. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933 LPDDR3-933
• Max. Memory
  4 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio P15 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio P15 and MediaTek Helio P15, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2016 Q4/2016
• Part Number
  MT6755T MSM8976 Pro