Helio P65 vs Kirin 980
We compared two 8-core processors: MediaTek Helio P65 (with Arm Mali-G52 2EEMC2 graphics) and HiSilicon Kirin 980 (Mali G76 MP10). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Helio P65
- Announced 10-months later
- Higher GPU frequency (~14%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of HiSilicon Kirin 980
- Performs 12.3x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 137% higher memory bandwidth (31.78 against 13.41 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 8 score – 391K vs 183K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 12 nm)
- 30% higher CPU clock speed (2600 vs 2000 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 64553 | 134572 |
| GPU | 29759 | 135339 |
| Memory | 31973 | 65549 |
| UX | 34654 | 67634 |
| Total score | 183569 | 391310 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 123.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 20.4 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 47.2 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 47.4 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 23.2 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.39 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 655 Krows/s |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 28 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Huawei Nova 5T 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio P65 and Kirin 980CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76 2x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A76 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 5.5 billion | 6.9 billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Arm Mali-G52 2EEMC2 | Mali G76 MP10 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 820 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 10 |
| Shading units | 32 | 160 |
| FLOPS | 56.4 Gigaflops | 691 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.41 Gbit/s | 31.78 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | NeuroPilot | Yes |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3120 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 1400 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 100 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS |
Info
| Announced | June 2019 | August 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Official page | MediaTek Helio P65 official site | HiSilicon Kirin 980 official site |
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