No doubt in the recent years, the development of ARM microprocessors has taken a great leap on its development, arriving at a performance level that is quite difficult to move forward. Multi-core vs single-core performance, power efficiency, 32-bit vs 64-bit were been some points used by most manufacturers to keep the boat sailing in a bright future.
For a long time Qualcomm has played a big role in the market, with their top tier Snapdragon processors being used by the most part of big OEMs out there. Behind them was MediaTek that started to show some significant growth on the 3 past years after making it big in the entry-level market. However the Taiwanese company has always been a step back of its main competitor, at least until this year.
The new range of processors presented by MediaTek in 2015 put the company in a new level, and the failure of the Snapdragon 810 was a good reason for some companies to start looking for other options. That made the Helio X10, Mediatek top-range processor a big player in this year, being the option for some companies in their flagships and receiving a lot of good reviews of the International media.
Despite the Helio X10 good performance, it lacked a bit of appeal, and for the more exigent, power, to be called a truly flagship processor. For that reason, Mediatek presented their newest Helio X20, that will going to be the best processor by Mediatek until the date.
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The Helio X20 deca-core architecture consists of three clusters, being four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz for the simple tasks, four clocked at 2.0GHz for more hardware intensive tasks, and two Cortex A72 cores clocked at whooping 2.5Ghz for when you need all the grunt, all at once.
This week Mediatek has teased on their Twitter page a picture suggesting the capability of taking up 32MP selfies plus fast focus technology on their Helio X20. Until now, we haven’t seen a sensor natively capable of taking 32MP pictures, without the help of software tricks… anyway if in the next year some 32MP sensors pops out, Mediatek wants to make clear that their processor can support it.
I have to confess that I’m keeping good expectations with their new range of processors as Helio P10 and of course the Helio X20 that should start to show up in some new devices from December 2015 or January 2016. Currently there are few devices that have already been announced to come with Helio X20 as the HTC A9+ and the Acer Predator tablet.
Now what are your expectations for the Helio X20, as well the others processors to be presented by the Taiwanese company in the next year? Doing a retrospective about this year, can we expect something really good in the next? Share your experience and expectations in the comments.
Mmmmh. Dunno what to say or think. Overkill.
There is never such think as overkill ad long as we can afford it???
Didn’t Mediatek told us although that we could get slow motion 480fps with its Helio X10?!
The technology is there, it’s just up to each manufacturer to utilize it.
Mediatek is shitty cheep crap
This?one came to the wrong page then.
I was never a huge fan of Meidatek processors until this current generation. With the rise of 64 bit Qualcomm took a huge step backwards and opened the door for Mediatek. The 6752 was probably the best overall SoC this year.
In deed I do enjoy mine a lot!! Even in a low cost phone I great. With proper optimization it could be awesome.
i agree with you about the MT6752.
too bad they killed it so early to make room for the MT6753.
the MT6752 could last for years, on midrange devices now and on cheap phones in a couple of years (kinda like the MT6582 that it’s still kicking)
i don’t get this marketing choice.
They killed it because of the Helios X10. In initial benchmarks the X10 was a clear cut improvement to the 6752, but in real world usage it was/is only marginally faster/more powerful. If you notice the 6752 disappeared around the same time the 6795 started to be used.
i thought they killed it due to power efficiency.
i guess you’re right one more time here
They probably gave that as the “official” answer, and the 6753 is amazing at power efficiency. But above is my theory on why the 6752 suddenly disappeared.
too bad, really.
i could have seen it around for a couple of years easily.
Maybe you will find happiness with a new love: MT6755 = Helios P10. 😉
where is the 480fps video support that they have promised long ago?
The chip supports it, none of the manufacturers utilize it in their phones/camera sensors. Mediatek can’t force anyone to use a feature. Just because they have them doesn’t mean every phone will use it. Just like with selfies, If companies don’t include 32MP front camera sensors your phone won’t be able to take 32MP selfies.
So much buzz about Helio X20, but currently mediatek doesn’t have anything better then SD808 to show to us yet. By the time X20 will apear, Qualcomm will have something better to show.
haha but helio x10 is not better than outdated s800 as g6200 is just a cheap-ass gpu, almost two times weaker than adreno330
Nope, actually they are on the same range and Imagination GPUs has lower power consumption. Moreover its cost closer to SD615 you should know which one is better.
Stop that nonsense.
Actually be has a valid point, the gpu is the weakest area and is much weaker than the adreno 330 found in the sd800. The helio x20 will only be on par with the adreno 330 found on the sd801, so still a few years behind in that respect as MT only seem to care about the cpu core count.
https://gfxbench.com/compare.jsp?benchmark=gfx31&did1=27008403&os1=Android&api1=gl&hwtype1=GPU&hwname1=Imagination+Technologies+PowerVR+Rogue+G6200&D2=LG+G2+%28D80x%2C+F320%2C+L-01F+KDDI+JFK%2C+LS980%2C+VS980%2C+Isai+LGL22%29
Any proof?
Look at 3dmark to ensure, that g6200 is really low-end solution
Yes, it is quite obvious, that a GPU that is about 2 times weaker consumes less power.
Nope. Non sense again. I provide its proof 15 days ago that its even faster than some of Adreno 330 models which you think it’s twice as fast.
Today low end solutions is Adreno 306 and Mali-T720 MP2 and MP3. After those came Adreno 405 and Mali-T760 MP2. Then Adreno 330, Mali-T628 MP4 MP6 and PowerVR G6200.
Maybe you think that 3dmark was bought by Qualcomm? Then, you can compare official gflops of these GPUs.
Ok, if no data like benchmarks confirm your point of view that “Then Adreno 330, Mali-T628 MP4 MP6 and PowerVR G6200”, I cannot argue as it is your personal opinion.
No data? I’m not joking, are you blind or somewhat? I provided GFXBench scores more than 15 days ago here and you are still asking proof. I said that a few days ago and seems like you still didn’t get it. What’s wrong with you?
Maybe you think that Gfxbench bought by Imagination.
And you are totally clueless if you are still comparing GPUs with GFLOPS.
And Qualcomm ones will be more expensive naturally.
Cost wise X20 will be more close to the SD620 rather than the SD820 similar to how X10 is close to the SD615.
Mediatek isn’t concerned with winning the “power war”, they know they will probably never catch Qualcomm or Samsung. They are more concerned with maximizing the power/value ratio and offering chips that give consumers good power for an amazing value. If you play the latest games, Qualcomm or Samsung is a much better choice. For everything else Mediatek is more than capable.
Another gimmick like 480fps video. No major image sensor manufacturers offers 32MP image sensors yet, moreover even if it was available nobody would use it on the front camera.
Though Qualcomm chips has its own gimmicks like 2K display support for the SD615.
The problem is everyone is stuck in a MP race, thinking the higher the number the better the pictures. The two major sensor manufacturers (Omni and Sony) on the other hand are starting to focus more on the imaging technology and sensor size and eventually will top out somewhere around 24mp.
480 FPS video recording feature only usable at Sony IMX 220 sensor. This phone have 480 FPS recording feature with Sony IMX 220 sensor —-> http://weareono.com/
Checked the link. Seems to me that Ono still lack of a working prototype. It might be fraud like Linshof.
cheap x20 phones plz !
As long as you can not get upgrades or decent software the best chip is useless
32MP selfies ? So we can admire the low skin quality and bad hygiena of histrionic girls on internet ? Spare us this outrage !