HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757)

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   So, which chip or processor is better? Full comparison data of benchmarks HiSilicon Kirin 960 vs MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757), speed examination of GPUs Mali-G71 MP8 and Mali-T880 MP2.
   This performance comparison includes two processors: Kirin 960 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A72) and Helio P20 (MT6757) is octa-core (Cortex-A53). Both processors went throughpower consumption test and battery life test. A careful analysis of all the technical characteristics of the processors, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in special test applications such as GeekBench 6, 5, Vellamo, GFXBench, Neocore, 3DMark, Mozilla Kraken, Quadrant, Octane V2, AnTuTu 8, PCMark, WebXPRT 3, PassMark, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Minecraft Bedrock, Real Racing 3, Call of Duty: Mobile, Sniper 3D, Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Fortnite etc.
   After reading the results these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which chipset is better to buy Kirin 960 or Helio P20 (MT6757) and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9, CSR Racing 2.

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 960

Helio P20 (MT6757)

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

Kirin 960

50%

Helio P20 (MT6757)

50%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Kirin 960

Helio P20 (MT6757)

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Kirin 960	Helio P20 (MT6757)
Total score	95769	62314
CPU	26819	17440
GPU	36393	23679
MEM	15324	9968
UX	17247	11215

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Kirin 960	Helio P20 (MT6757)
Single-Core	247	161
Multi-Core	1115	725

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Kirin 960	Helio P20 (MT6757)
Frequency	2400 MHz	2300 MHz
Cores	8	8
Bit	64	64
Lithography	16 nm	16 nm
Transistors count
Core configuration	4x2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A72 4x1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53	8x2.3 GHz Cortex-A53
Power consumption (TDP)	5 W	5 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR3, LPDDR4x
Max. Memory	4 Gb	LPDDR4(X) до 6GB, LPDDR3 до 4GB
Memory Frequency	1600	2x LPDDR4(X) 1600MHz, 1x LPDDR3 933MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8	14
Neural Processor (NPU)	No	No
L1 cache	64 KB	32 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache		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 Kirin 960 is 4% better than Helio P20 (MT6757) in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G71 MP8	Mali-T880 MP2
GPU Frequency	1037 MHz	900 MHz
GFloPS	282	68
# of Cores	8	2
# of Shader Units
Display	2560 x 1600 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)	21.1	13.8
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	36.9	22.5
Call of Duty: Mobile	23.8	14.7
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	18.5	10.6
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	22.5	14.7
Real Racing 3	46.1	28.1
Sniper 3D	81.2	29.3
Need for Speed No Limits	51.7	27
Mortal Kombat X	59	25.9
CSR Racing 2	40.6	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	20 MP	24 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	600 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 960 is better: 30
The number of parameters for which MediaTek Helio P20 (MT6757) is better: 4
You need to understand that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint comparison and hear what people think who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors Kirin 960 and Helio P20 (MT6757), and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Kirin 960 SoC - all data

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

• Kirin 960 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.