GizBeat

MT6799 Helio X30 vs Snapdragon 821. Helio X30 Geekbench 4 results are here.

Written by

Damian Parsons

in

, , ,

We first broke the news about MTK6799 Helio X30 about two months back. At this point, MT6799 has made it to the testing phase, either with MediaTek’s own engineering samples or through OEM manufacturers testing MTK6799 in their upcoming phones.

MTK6799 Helio X30 Geekbench 4 scores

Interestingly, the Helio X30 puts a decent beating on Snapdragon 820 in both single and multicore tests, and generally keeps right up with Snapdragon 820 / 821 except in a couple of cases where the Snap 821 beats X30 handily (See OnePlus 3). But, take a look at those mulicore scores where X30 puts a decent smoke show on.

Of course, the big difference here is that Snapdragon 821 is here now, and by the time Helio X30 is released to the public, Snapdragon 835 will be out.

What’s important to remember here is that any of these SoC, whether Snapdragon 820, Snapdragon 821, Helio X30, and indeed even lesser SoC such as Snapdragon 625 and Helio X20, will handle anything you throw them with ease.

And, it’s very interesting to see MTK MediaTek only a quarter behind the top dog Qualcomm.

MTK6799 summary

  • 10nm fabrication process
  • 10-core (deca-core) CPU in three clusters (tri-cluster)
  • carries the new ARM Cortex-A73 for heavy lifting
  • carries support for up to 28MP image processing
  • capable of using UFS 2.1 (newer faster tech compared to eMMC)

Read this post about MTK6799 Helio X30 to see CPU, GPU details and more

Comments

2 responses to “MT6799 Helio X30 vs Snapdragon 821. Helio X30 Geekbench 4 results are here.”

  1. Jh1 Avatar
    Jh1

    Personally, I’m far more interested in the efficiency improvements brought about by the 10nm process than the overall power of the SoC. I’ve seen several comments on other sites that the x30 will be a failure because it won’t be able to compete with the SD 830/35. As far as I’m concerned, it isn’t intended to. It should be quite competitive with the SD 821/exynos 8890/Kirin 955 performance wise, while hopefully being more efficient. I don’t think mediatek is ready to go after the high end market just yet, rather the x30 is intended for the mid range phone, much as the x20 was this year. Quite honestly, unless you just want to brag about benchmarks, the x30 should be for more powerful than anyone needs, as long as they get the gpu right. If this can perform on a comparable level to the sd820/821, at a cheaper price point, while being more efficient, it’s a winner in my book.

    With that being said, I do think mediatek needs to make this SoC competitive. They made a lot of ground up on 2015 with the x10, and unfortunately short lived 6752, but the x20/25 and p10 were a little disappointing in 2010 in comparison with the sd650/652 and SD 625. Not bad SoC’s by any means, just gave up some of the ground the gained on Qualcomm in 2015. Looking forward to seeing them mount a better challenge next in 2017.

    Reply
    1. Damian Parsons Avatar
      Damian Parsons

      What’s up Jh1, sorry for my late reply here. You know I’ll be the first to agree with you on most of these points. Though I really liked the P10, and X25 is very powerful. Thing is, once you get to the level of P10 (even as low as MT6753) and stronger, there’s little between SoC in terms of user experience. So, it’s now coming down to what you mentioned — efficiency.

      Snapdragon 625 is incredible batterywise in the Redmi 4 Prime and manages to be as powerful as 2015’s flagship SD810 in a phone costing $150 or less. It’s quite astonishing. Now 10nm coming, and 7nm in development. Theoretically it can get down to 0.1-0.5nm using conventional process. Then on to quantum processors.

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

More posts