MediaTek Helio X20 vs Google Tensor G5
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 10 cores 2100MHz MediaTek Helio X20 vs. 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Google Tensor G5 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.536 TFLOPS vs 0.0998 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 2100MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 20nm)
Released 10 years and 3 months late
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
MediaTek Helio X20
99
Google Tensor G5
+1451%
1536
CPU
2x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525
2100 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
10
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
20 nm
Process
3 nm
3
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-T880 MP4
GPU name
-
780 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
4
Execution units
-
16
Shading units
-
4
Max size
16
0.0998 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.536 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11.2
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR5X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
-
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
12.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
1x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
-
Up to 50 Mbps
Upload speed
-
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.1
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
May 2015
Announced
Aug 2025
Mid range
Class
Flagship
MT6797
Model number
-
