MediaTek Helio X30
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Helio X30 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (10 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2600 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (February 2017 vs November 2022)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
February 2017
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6799
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A35
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
10
Cores
8
10 nm
Technology
4 nm
2600 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
3
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

PowerVR GT7400 Plus
GPU name
Adreno 740
850 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
0.2176 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
32
Shading units
1280
4
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
11.2
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 10
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1866 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

2 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AMR-NB, ADPCM, AMR-WB, OGG, WAV, MP3, MP2, AAC, AMR-NB, LAC, APE, AAC-plus v1, AAC-plus v2, WMA, ADPCM
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 28MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
5 W
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Helio X30
336
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993 +493%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Helio X30
1115
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328 +378%
FP32 (float)
Helio X30
213
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411 +1501%