HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757)

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which processor or chip is better? Full data of benchmarks and speed tests HiSilicon Kirin 658 vs MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757), comparison of GPUs Mali-T830 MP2 and Mali-T880 MP2.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Kirin 658 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A53) and Helio P20 (MT6757) is octa-core (Cortex-A53). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the chips, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in software tests such as PCMark, Quadrant, Vellamo, PassMark, Octane V2, Mozilla Kraken, Neocore, AnTuTu, 3DMark, Geekbench, WebXPRT 3, GFXBench, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Minecraft Bedrock, Real Racing 3, PUBG, Fortnite, Call of Duty: Mobile, Mortal Kombat, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Sniper 3D etc.
   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which chip is better to buy Kirin 658 or Helio P20 (MT6757) and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Asphalt 9, Madout2, Need for Speed No Limits.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score

Kirin 658

Helio P20 (MT6757)

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Kirin 658

52%

Helio P20 (MT6757)

50%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 658

Helio P20 (MT6757)

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Kirin 658	Helio P20 (MT6757)
Total score	57552	62314
CPU	16117	17440
GPU	21865	23679
MEM	9207	9968
UX	10368	11215

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Kirin 658	Helio P20 (MT6757)
Single-Core	148	161
Multi-Core	670	725

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 658	Helio P20 (MT6757)
Frequency	2100 MHz	2300 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	16 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	8x2.3 GHz Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR3x	LPDDR3, LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	6 Gb	LPDDR4(X) до 6GB, LPDDR3 до 4GB
Memory Frequency	933	2x LPDDR4(X) 1600MHz, 1x LPDDR3 933MHz
Memory bandwidth	28	14
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	32 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	1 MB
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8-A	ARMv8-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Helio P20 (MT6757) is 8% better than Kirin 658 in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-T880 MP2
GPU Frequency	900 MHz	900 MHz
GFloPS	61.2	68
# of Cores	2	2
# of Shader Units
Display	1920 x 1080 pixels	1920 x 1080 pixels

The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite Mobile
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	12.2	13.8
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	20.1	22.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	12.1	14.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	9.7	10.6
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	12.4	14.7
Real Racing 3	25.1	28.1
Sniper 3D	44.2	29.3
Need for Speed No Limits	24.1	27
Mortal Kombat X	29.1	25.9
CSR Racing 2	28.1	31.5

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	16 MP	24 MP
Dual Camera resolution	8 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)
Video Encoding FPS	30	30
Video Encoding resolution	FullHD	4K, 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264	H.264

Networks and Navigation

Modem
Download speed	300 MBit/s.	300 MBit/s.
Upload speed	150 MBit/s.	50 MBit/s.
Navigation	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou	GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou
NFC support	No	No
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which HiSilicon Kirin 658 is better: 11
The number of parameters for which MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757) is better: 19
Please note that you do not need to sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel comparison and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both chipsets Kirin 658 and Helio P20 (MT6757), and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 658 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu v10
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark

• Kirin 658 specs and review.

Helio P20 (MT6757) SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• 3DMark
• Antutu v10

• Helio P20 (MT6757) specs and review.