MediaTek Helio P23 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio P20/P30 Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 6

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.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Kryo 265 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 4x Kryo 265 Silver
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  1.65 GHz (2.50 GHz) 2.40 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  -- 1.80 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.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G71 MP2 Qualcomm Adreno 610
• GPU frequency
  0.77 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 0
• Shader
  32 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 0
• Generation
  Bifrost 1 6
• Direct X
  11 12.1
• Technology
  16 nm 11 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2019

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 Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  No Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G and MediaTek Helio P23. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1600 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  6 GB 4 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Bandwidth
  12.8 GB/s 17.0 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio P23 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio P23 and MediaTek Helio P23, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 Kryo 265
• Technology
  16 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  MT6763T SM6225
• Operating systems
  Android Android