We compared two 8-core processors: MediaTek Helio P90 (with PowerVR GM9446 graphics) and Dimensity 800 (Mali-G57 MC4). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
The MediaTek Helio P90 is a chip made in the FFC process of 12nm. It is equipped with an eight-core processor consisting ofTwo Cortex-A75 cores at 2.2GHz for the most intensive tasks and six Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0GHz for the rest of the scenarios. We have to remember that the Snapdragon 845 comes with a Qualcomm Kryo 385 CPU.
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- Helio P90: The Helio P90 has two Cortex-A75 cores at 2.2GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0GHz. The Helio P90 has been built over the 12nm fabrication. The Helio P90 is way more powerful than the Snapdragon 665. The Helio P90 has better Cortex-A75 cores along with higher clock speed making it a complete winner.
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- Higher GPU frequency (~49%)
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 12 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 45%) AnTuTu 8 score – 321K vs 221K
- Announced 1-year and 2-months later
- Supports 23% higher memory bandwidth (17.07 against 13.91 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksCPU | 83211 | - |
GPU | 42905 | - |
Memory | 47737 | - |
UX | 45218 | - |
Total score | 221028 | 321111 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio P90 and Dimensity 800Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A75 6x 2 GHz – Cortex A55 | 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
Process | 12 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
TDP | 5 W | 10 W |
GPU name | PowerVR GM9446 | Mali-G57 MC4 |
Architecture | PowerVR Rogue | Valhall |
GPU frequency | 970 MHz | 650 MHz |
Execution units | 3 | 4 |
Shading units | 12 | 64 |
FLOPS | 124 Gigaflops | - |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Neural processor (NPU) | APU 2.0 | Yes |
Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP | 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | No | Yes |
Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 211 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Announced | November 2018 | December 2019 |
Class | Mid range | Mid range |
Model number | MT6779 | - |
Official page | MediaTek Helio P90 official site | MediaTek Dimensity 800 official site |
- BlackHammer219000
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Hari0028, 18 Feb 2019I was wondering which device will come with Mediatek helio p90!Oppo Reno Z and Oppo Reno 2Z
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- PUE
I was wondering which device will come with Mediatek helio p90!
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- Anonymous
- PUE
wow MediaTek Helio P90 has incredible benchmark scores, really excited to see the real-world performance
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- Anonymous
- vx6
AnonD-694886, 29 Dec 2018Not just for that. MediaTek locks the phone in a way that even minor bugs that MediaTek would... moreGive me one or two articles to support your statement... what a nonsense comment without bearing. Don't flex what you can't flex bruh
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- MrTruth
- mAm
AnonD-694886, 29 Dec 2018Not just for that. MediaTek locks the phone in a way that even minor bugs that MediaTek would... moreWhat a load of BS, First, MediaTek doesn't lock phones, manufacturers do. 2nd, unless you can show some proof for these claimed bugs that never get fixed I call BS on you (and why would bugs force you to 'upgrade every year' anyways?).
In short, you're talking about stuff you have no clue about.
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- Anonymous
- pgn
Qwerty2018, 30 Dec 2018Helio X20 was on par with SD652 (CPU & GPU-wise) Helio X30 was on par with SD653, close t... moreAgree on nearly everything...comparaison between MTK and SD is nearly right.
Except X30...
X30 is far better than SD653 :
- it use cortex A73 like SD835 (A72 on SD653...as we can discuss if A73 is more powerfull compare to A72, real-life perfs and efficiency is far better)
- it uses 10nm like SD835 (28nm on SD653)
- it uses lpddr4x (lpdrr3 on 653)
- it is bluetooth 5.0 capable like SD835 (4.1 on 653)
- 4k hdr10 hevc recording like SD835 (no hdr10 on 653)
GPU isn't as good as the one in SD835, but it's the best GPU used in a Mediatek's...probably still better than the one in P90 and SD710 (maybe except on modern effects)
It's Powervr GT7400 Plus. It is physically 2/3 of the GT7600 Plus used in Apple A10.
X30 is (nearly) a real flagship soc, maybe with a lack of 30% on GPU...both X10 and X20-23-25-27 serie aren't.
The only other flagship range from Mediatek was mt6595 (cortex A17 were better than Krait 450 on SD805 and mt6595 already allows hevc recording)
Competitor to SD653 is maybe...Helio X23
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- Qwerty2018
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indiefund, 28 Dec 2018Boring, if I am not mistaken this is their flagship nowadays. Pathetic, not even up to last ye... moreHelio X20 was on par with SD652 (CPU & GPU-wise)
Helio X30 was on par with SD653, close to SD820 (CPU-wise, as they have 10-cores)
Helio P60/P70 was on par with SD660 (CPU & GPU-wise)
Helio P20 was on par with SD625 (CPU & GPU-wise)
Do u understand what the above information means?
Most Helio SoC released till now are intended to be affordable alternatives to Mid-Range/ Hi Mid-Range Snapdragon SoC.
According their specs sheet, the upcoming Helio P90 created with the intention to 'challenge' SD710, the 'new' Hi Mid-Range category in SD family.
How can I said that?
1) the 'significantly' improved NPU scores which is able to edge SD845 NPU scores; the same NPU used in SD710
2) Similar CPU configuration: 2x Cortex A75 + 6x Cortex A55, but with higher clock in P90
3) The return of the 'powerful' PowerVR GPU means MediaTek intended to 'once again' challenge Snapdragon GPU prowess (X30 GPU is the best PowerVR GPU capable to edge SD820 GPU, as Mali T880 MP4 is already on par with SD 65x GPU)
4) MediaTek uses flagship-grade ISP; support up to 48MP single camera OR up to 24 + 16 MP dual camera setup. Spectra 250 in SD710 is FAR inferior in this department.
5) Similar to SD710, support Dual channel LPDDR4x @ 1866 MHz, up to 8GB RAM
6) LTE modem is similar to Qualcomm X12 LTE ( Download Cat. 12 / Upload Cat. 13); X12 LTE is the modem used in the current Mid-Range Snapdragon SoC)
7) Support Dual-4G ON for dual SIM card; no SD SoC able to do this till now.
8) P90 support the LATEST UFS 2.1 storage
9) Support up to 2520 x 1080 pixel (FHD+) display, similar to Snapdragon Mid-Range SoC
In the end, u are saying BULLS*IT without even doing a little research first; typical QC fanboy, or small-fry TROLL
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- AnonD-694886
- K@h
Konselor.sakty, 29 Dec 2018How many people do actually care about opening bootloader and installing custom rom? I think... moreNot just for that.
MediaTek locks the phone in a way that even minor bugs that MediaTek wouldn't bother fixing can't be fixed due to the fact that MediaTek is a lazy and greedy a**hole and forces the customer to upgrade every year or two.
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- Anonymous
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I had a LG K8 with a 4 core mtk and it was a very good phone , accurate gps and not lagging. Compared to the huawei p8 lite from the same era that has an 8 core kirin and is very laggy and poor gps.
I used them both and the LG was much better. The only shortcoming was the 8 Gb storage.
Mtk are prety good chips for everyday use. I don't play games so I can not say how good are for that.
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- PA7
AnonD-694886, 28 Dec 2018Release your source code or nobody will buy phones with MediaTek chips. It's *that* simple.How many people do actually care about opening bootloader and installing custom rom?
I think it's only 0.05% of the market or less
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- PA7
indiefund, 28 Dec 2018Boring, if I am not mistaken this is their flagship nowadays. Pathetic, not even up to last ye... moreSmart move!
With your point of view
I can see their gonna bankrupt in day one you become their CEO
Helio is expensive to rnd and doesn't even pay it rnd back
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- GBj
Anonymous, 28 Dec 2018'you cant have a MTK phone for much than a year cause they will lag as hell and you be mad wit... morethat was 4 years ago...there quality in chipsets have changed
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- xhm
Unfortunately, no score breakdown. I want to see the details, where the strong and weak points.
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- Anonymous
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make.belive.not, 28 Dec 2018yeah, scoring almost the same as SD821, wow, i dont mind SD670 and SD710 score the same, but g... more'you cant have a MTK phone for much than a year cause they will lag as hell and you be mad with that'
Wow, such confidence is amazing! Mine Meizu MX4 lasted me 4 good years, changed battery at 3rd year, didn't experience lag for everyday use like what you claimed said tho.
In the end, changed to new phone (OnePlus 3) at that time not because of lag, but insufficient and not expandable storage, 16GB.
Mtk Helio P90 Vs Snapdragon 855
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- Anonymous
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make.belive.not, 28 Dec 2018well, the faulty part there is Touchwiz, Grace UX or One UX or anything you like to name it...... moreI have some experience with Chinese smartphones too...
There's no more problems with GPS on soc since...mt6582 (2013)
But there are problems on devices that use Mediatek :
- sometime bad antennas
- sometime bad Rom (gps.conf file)
Nevertheless, you can find devices with mtk and good GPS since 2013-2014
With the same soc, on some brands GPS is ok, on other, GPS is crap.
I have never seen any mtk soc failed.
I still got a DivX player with mt1389 from the early 2000. It is still ok!
I still got a Haipai x710d, mt6577 from 2012 is still ok...only microUSB port has connection problème, but mt6577 is ok (this one has a bad GPS)
I got a P7000 that works bad, but mt6752 is still ok...problems come from Nand, not from soc. Activities that don't need the storage works like a charm!
About Spreadtrum, their best soc use x86 octacores but is close to Helio P20...
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- Anonymous
- pgn
make.belive.not, 28 Dec 2018yeah, scoring almost the same as SD821, wow, i dont mind SD670 and SD710 score the same, but g... moreYour SD820 scores high on AnTuTu :
- because AnTuTu is made for Snapdragon, they decrease multicore influence when 820 was released against 8 cores Exynos/Kirin (one of the founding people of AnTuTu is called Liang BIN...there's a Liang BIN who work for Qualcomm...same person?), They decrease Instructions Per Cycle influence on CPU test when 835 (3IPS) was released against Exynos (6IPS)
- because AnTuTu overrates GPU
Outside some games, a Snapdragon 636 works better than a 820.
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- make.belive.not
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samarth, 28 Dec 2018How do you believe Mediatek is responsible for that? They made a processor but does it fail fo... morewell, the faulty part there is Touchwiz, Grace UX or One UX or anything you like to name it...thats is what makes Sammycrap to lag.
Exynos SoC was not mentioned by me, Exynos is on pair with Snapdragon SoC so nothing to say here.
Even Speadtrum chips is better than MTK ones...
I have a lot of expeerience with chinese MTK phones, and everything fails after a while: the phone will lag, GPS never work great, more lag, network signal will be weak, lag lag lag, force close apps....and (yeah, you bet, more lag) and so on.
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- AnonD-694886
- K@h
Release your source code or nobody will buy phones with MediaTek chips.
It's *that* simple.
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Mtk Helio P90 Vs Snapdragon 665
- Anonymous
- Kx1
5 bucks it'll have much weaker gpu vs latest competitor mid end. And Cpu (+ gpus) clocked to pierce the heaven to get bloated benchmark score, increasing power consumption.
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- 049
Boring, if I am not mistaken this is their flagship nowadays. Pathetic, not even up to last year's 710
Bring back a capable X series or go bankrupt already
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