MediaTek Helio P90 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz MediaTek Helio P90 vs. 8 cores 2450MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Helio P90 Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 9W)
Released 2 years late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.5675 TFLOPS vs 0.1552 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (29.8GB/s vs 13.91GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2450MHz vs 2200MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 12nm)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Helio P90
+22%
414755
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
339384
Geekbench 6 Single Core
MediaTek Helio P90
415
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
MediaTek Helio P90
1377
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
+10%
1519
FP32 (float)
MediaTek Helio P90
155
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
+265%
567
CPU
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A75
6x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
6x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
2200 MHz
Frequency
2450 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
1 MB
L2 cache
2 MB
12 nm
Process
10 nm
-
Transistor count
3
5 W
TDP
9 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
PowerVR GM9446
GPU name
Adreno 540
970 MHz
GPU frequency
739 MHz
10
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
384
8
Max size
8
0.1552 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.5675 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
12
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 32 Bit
13.91 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
MediaTek APU 2.0
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 2.1
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 64MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
X16
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 13
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
No
5G support
No
Up to 600 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
5.0
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Nov 2018
Announced
Nov 2016
Mid range
Class
Flagship
MT6779V/CU
Model number
MSM8998
