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MediaTek Helio X20 vs Google Tensor

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 10 cores 2100MHz MediaTek Helio X20 vs. 8 cores 2800MHz Google Tensor . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Helio X20 Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 5.6W)
Google Tensor Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.1709 TFLOPS vs 0.0998 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 12.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 2100MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 20nm)
Released 6 years and 5 months late

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)
MediaTek Helio X20
99
Google Tensor +2091%
2170

CPU

2x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
2100 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
10
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
-
L2 cache
3 MB
-
L3 cache
0
20 nm
Process
5 nm
3
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
5.6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung

Graphics

Mali-T880 MP4
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
780 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
4
Execution units
20
16
Shading units
64
4
Max size
12
0.0998 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11.2
DirectX version
12

Memory

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR5
933 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
12.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

AI

-
NPU
Tensor Processing Unit

Multimedia (ISP)

No
Neural processor (NPU)
Tensor Processing Unit
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Exynos 5300g

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.1
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

May 2015
Announced
Oct 2021
Mid range
Class
Flagship
MT6797
Model number
S5E9845
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