MediaTek Helio X20 vs Samsung Exynos 5250. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Samsung Exynos
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X20 Samsung Exynos 5250
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 2

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
  10 / 10 2 / 2
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) normal
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A72 --
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 --
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 --
• 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-T880 MP4 ARM Mali-T604 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.78 GHz 0.53 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.78 GHz 0.53 GHz
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  64 64
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Midgard 4 Midgard 1
• Direct X
  11 11
• Technology
  16 nm 32nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q4/2012

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 5250 and MediaTek Helio X20. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR3-800
• Max. Memory
  4 GB
• Memory channels
  2 0
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X20 and Samsung Exynos 5250 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio X20 and MediaTek Helio X20, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 Cortex-A15
• Technology
  20 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q4/2011
• Part Number
  MT6797 --