Snapdragon 450 vs Helio P20
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 (with Adreno 506 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P20 (Mali-T880 MP2). 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
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 450
- Performs 3.6x better in floating-point computations
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Helio
- Announced 1-year and 4-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (14 versus 16 nm)
Pros of MediaTek Helio P20
- Supports 72% higher memory bandwidth (12.8 against 7.46 GB/s)
- Higher GPU frequency (~38%)
- 28% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 1800 MHz)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 33673 | - |
| GPU | 14222 | - |
| Memory | 23142 | - |
| UX | 29542 | - |
| Total score | 100605 | - |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 68.9 Mpixels/s | 61.5 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 9.02 images/s | 8.55 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 19.1 words/s | 15.8 words/s |
| Machine learning | 11.9 images/s | 11 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 5.27 images/s | 4.97 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.32 Mnodes/s | 1.18 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 279 Krows/s | 307.9 Krows/s |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 450 and Helio P20CPU
| Architecture | 8x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 32 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 4 billion |
| TDP | 3 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 506 | Mali-T880 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Midgard |
| GPU frequency | 600-650 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 124 Gigaflops | 34 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11.1 | 11.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Bus | 1x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 7.46 Gbit/s | 12.8 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 546 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | 1920 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 24MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X9 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 5 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | June 2017 | February 2016 |
| Class | Low end | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM450 | MT6757 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 official site | MediaTek Helio P20 official site |
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