MediaTek Helio X30 vs MediaTek Helio P90. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Helio Mediatek Helio
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio P65/P90/P95
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  3 3
• Successor
  -- MediaTek Helio P95

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 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A73 2x Cortex-A75
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A53 6x Cortex-A55
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  1.90 GHz (2.60 GHz) 2.00 GHz (2.20 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
  PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus) PowerVR GM 9446
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz 0.95 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  8 3
• Shader
  32 12
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  1 0
• Generation
  1
• Direct X
  12 --
• Technology
  10 12
• Release date
  Q1/2016 Q3/2017

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio P90 and MediaTek Helio X30. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-1866 LPDDR4X-1866
• Max. Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio X30 and MediaTek Helio P90 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio X30 and MediaTek Helio X30, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Architecture
  Cortex-A73 / -A53 / -A35 Cortex-A75 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  10 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q4/2019
• Part Number
  MT6799 --
• Operating systems
  Android Android