MediaTek Helio X20 vs UNISOC T616. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X20 UNISOC 4G 12nm
• Family
  Mediatek Helio UNISOC 4G
• Generation
  2 -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A72 2x Cortex-A75
• A-Core Frequency
  1.40 GHz (2.10 GHz) 2 GHz
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 6x Cortex-A55
• B-Core Frequency
  - 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  10 8
• CPU Threads
  10 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• 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.

• DirectX Version
  11 12
• Execution units
  4 2
• Generation
  Midgard 4 Vallhall 1
• GPU Frequency
  780 MHz 750 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T880 MP4 ARM Mali-G57 MP1
• GPU Turbo
  780 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2016 Q2/2020
• Shader
  64 32
• Technology
  16 nm 7 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode / Encode | No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by UNISOC T616 and MediaTek Helio X20. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  4 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 -
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-800 LPDDR4X-1866

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X20 and UNISOC T616 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio X20 and UNISOC T616, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53 -
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Operating systems
  Android Android
• Part Number
  MT6797 -
• Release date
  Q4/2015 Q3/2021
• Technology
  20 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None None