Samsung Exynos 980 vs MediaTek Helio X30
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 980 vs. 10 cores 2600MHz MediaTek Helio X30 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Samsung Exynos 980 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.2621 TFLOPS vs 0.2176 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 27.81GB/s)
More modern manufacturing process (8nm vs 10nm)
Released 2 years and 7 months late
MediaTek Helio X30 Advantages
Higher Frequency (2600MHz vs 2200MHz)
Lower TDP (5W vs 9W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Samsung Exynos 980
+158%
869
MediaTek Helio X30
336
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Samsung Exynos 980
+67%
1867
MediaTek Helio X30
1115
FP32 (float)
Samsung Exynos 980
+20%
262
MediaTek Helio X30
217
CPU
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A35
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A35
2200 MHz
Frequency
2600 MHz
8
Cores
10
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
2 MB
8 nm
Process
10 nm
-
Transistor count
3
9 W
TDP
5 W
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G76 MP5
GPU name
PowerVR GT7400 Plus
728 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
5
Execution units
4
36
Shading units
32
8
Max size
8
0.2621 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2176 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
12
DirectX version
11.2
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
27.81 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
No
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
3360 x 1440
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AMR-NB, ADPCM, AMR-WB, OGG, WAV, MP3, MP2, AAC, AMR-NB, LAC, APE, AAC-plus v1, AAC-plus v2, WMA, ADPCM
Exynos 5123
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 10
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 3550 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 1380 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.0
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2019
Announced
Feb 2017
Mid range
Class
Flagship
S5E9630
Model number
MT6799
