HiSilicon Kirin 710A vs MediaTek Helio G85

Compared 2 processors: HiSilicon Kirin 710A, vs MediaTek Helio G85. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs HiSilicon Kirin 710A and MediaTek Helio G85
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
238420
MediaTek Helio G85
263249
CPU8675075141
GPU3422641989
Memory5351567477
UX6392978642
NanoReview Score238420263249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
562
MediaTek Helio G85
743
Graphics Test3 fps4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
319
MediaTek Helio G85
413
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
HiSilicon Kirin 710A
1125
MediaTek Helio G85
1332
File Compression74 MB/s75.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser31.1 pages/s38.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering48.3 MP/sec44.5 MP/sec
Background Blur1.93 frames/s3.05 frames/s
Photo Processing8.4 frames/s12.2 frames/s
Image Detection13.7 frames/s23.5 frames/s
HDR41.7 MP/sec43.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing1.9 MP/sec1.75 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 48 FPS (Medium) 45 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 30 FPS (Ultra) 40 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) 21 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 54 FPS (Low) 49 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Medium) 51 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 58 FPS (Ultra) 46 FPS (Ultra)
Device Huawei Honor 9C (1560x720) Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 2000
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 512 MB n/a
L3 Cache 1 MB n/a
Process tech. 14 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G51 MP4 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 1st gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 8 24
Total shader 32 48
FLOPS 64 GFLOPS 96 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth n/a 13.41 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2340x1080 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x40 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 600 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 4 5
Bluetooth version 4.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced June, 2020 yr April, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename n/a MT6769Z

Results

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Survey

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Total Votes: 3

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