Helio P95 vs Dimensity 800

We compared two 8-core processors: MediaTek Helio P95 (with PowerVR GM9446 graphics) and Dimensity 800 (Mali-G57 MP4). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Helio P95
  • Higher GPU frequency (~49%)
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 800
  • Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 12 nm)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 61%) AnTuTu 10 score – 481K vs 299K
  • Supports 23% higher memory bandwidth (17.07 against 13.91 GB/s)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
299534
481286
CPU 92697 165670
GPU 57614 96534
Memory 67693 101588
UX 81530 117494
Total score 299534 481286

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
456
638
Multi-Core Score
1541
2255
Asset compression 81.5 MB/sec 100.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 44.9 pages/sec 54.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 56.2 Mpixels/sec 84.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 27 images/sec 41.5 images/sec
HDR 48.1 Mpixels/sec 71 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 3.62 images/sec 7.63 images/sec
Photo processing 15.7 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.42 Mpixels/sec 3.09 Mpixels/sec
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Helio P95 and Dimensity 800

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache - 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 12 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP 5 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name PowerVR GM9446 Mali-G57 MP4
Architecture PowerVR Series9XE (Rogue) Valhall 1st gen
GPU frequency 970 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 10 4
Shading units 8 64
Total shaders 80 256
FLOPS 155.2 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.91 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 2.0 Yes
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G support No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced February 2020 December 2019
Class Mid range Mid range
Model number MT6779V/CV MT6873
Official page MediaTek Helio P95 official site MediaTek Dimensity 800 official site

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