Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs MediaTek Helio X20
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs. 10 cores 2100MHz MediaTek Helio X20 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.727 TFLOPS vs 0.0998 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (29.8GB/s vs 12.8GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2800MHz vs 2100MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 20nm)
Released 2 years and 7 months late
MediaTek Helio X20 Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 9W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
+634%
727
MediaTek Helio X20
99
CPU
4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
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
2800 MHz
Frequency
2100 MHz
8
Cores
10
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
256 KB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
10 nm
Process
20 nm
3
Transistor count
3
9 W
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 630
GPU name
Mali-T880 MP4
710 MHz
GPU frequency
780 MHz
2
Execution units
4
256
Shading units
16
8
Max size
4
0.727 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0998 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.0
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
12.1
DirectX version
11.2
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR3
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
933 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
29.8 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
12.8 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Hexagon 685
Neural processor (NPU)
No
UFS 2.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
1x 192MP
Max camera resolution
1x 25MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
X20
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
No
5G support
No
Up to 1200 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
5.0
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Dec 2017
Announced
May 2015
Flagship
Class
Mid range
SDM845
Model number
MT6797
