We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 7870 [with Mali-T830 MP1 graphics] and MediaTek Helio P35 [PowerVR GE8320]. 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 P35
- Announced 2-years and 11-months later
- Performs 94% better in floating-point computations
- 44% higher CPU clock speed [2300 vs 1600 MHz]
- Has a smaller size transistor [12 versus 14 nm]
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 52962 55950 GPU 8716 16124 Memory 40069 36757 UX 42984 38892 Total score 144825 148516
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 28.1 MB/sec - HTML 5 Browser 15.9 pages/sec - PDF Renderer 20.3 Mpixels/sec - Image detection 5.6 images/sec - HDR 15 Mpixels/sec - Background blur 0.57 images/sec - Photo processing 4.16 images/sec - Ray tracing 785.2 Mpixels/sec -
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 7870 and Helio P35
CPU
Architecture 8x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 Cores 8 8 Frequency 1600 MHz 2300 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A Process 14 nanometers 12 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion - TDP 3 W 2.2 W Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Graphics
GPU name Mali-T830 MP1 PowerVR GE8320 Architecture Midgard 4th gen PowerVR Series8XE [Rogue] GPU frequency 700 MHz 680 MHz Execution units 1 4 Shading units 16 8 Total shaders 16 32 FLOPS 22.4 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.1 OpenCL version 1.2 1.2
Memory
Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X Memory frequency 933 MHz 1600 MHz Bus 1x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit Max bandwidth - 14.9 Gbit/s Max size 4 GB 6 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] No No Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 1920 x 1200 2400 x 1080 Max camera resolution 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8 H.264, H.265 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support LTE Cat. 6 LTE Cat. 7 5G support No No Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps Upload speed Up to 50 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 4.1 5.0 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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