Helio X30 vs A9 Comparison
 
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MediaTek Helio X30 versus Apple A9 |  ![]()  | 
|---|---|---|
|  
 
 Total: 21.6 Ghz   %483.8 more speed    2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A73 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A35  |  
 
Total GHZ
 High CPU clock ghz is high speed  |  
Total: 3.7 Ghz 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | 
| 
10 +8 core  |  
  Total Core more CPU cores more power!  |  
2 |  
 
| 
2600 Mhz
 %40.5 more  |  
 Frequency
 higher is better  |  
 
1850 Mhz
 |  
 
| 
Arm V8.0 |  
 Architecture
 Newest version is better  |  
 
Arm V8.0 
 |  
 
| 
 2 MB
 |  
 L2 Cache
 High cache is better  |  
 
3  MB
 + %50.0  |  
 
| 
 3 Billion
 + %50.0  |  
 Transistors
 The higher the transistor count, the more processing.  |  
 
2  Billion
 |  
 
| 
 10 Nanometer
 ↓ %40.0  |  
 Transistor Size
 smaller is better  |  
 
14  Nanometer
 |  
 
| PowerVR GT7400 Plus | GPU Name | PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 | 
| 
 800 Mhz
 + %23.1  |  
 GPU Frequency
 higher is better  |  
 
650  Mhz
 |  
 
| 
 128 
 |  
 
Arithmetic logic unit
 higher is better  |  
 
192  
 + %50.0  |  
 
| 
 1.0 
 |  
 
Vulkan Version
 newer is better  |  
 
1.1  
 newer version  |  
 
| 
 1.2 
 |  
 
Opencl Version
 newer is better  |  
 
1.2  
 |  
 
| 
 11.2 
 newer version  |  
 
Directx Version
 newer is better  |  
 
11  
 |  
 
| 
 LPDDR4X 
 newer type  |  
 
Memory Type
 newer ram type is better  |  
 
LPDDR4  
 |  
 
| 
 1866  Mhz
 + %40.0  |  
 
Memory Frequency
 higher is better  |  
 
1333  Mhz
 |  
 
| 
 27.81   GB/s
 + %86.6  |  
 
Memory Bandwith
 higher is better  |  
 
14.9  GB/s
 |  
 
| 
 8   GB
 + %100.0  |  
 
Memory Capacity
 higher is better  |  
 
4  GB
 |  
 
| 
 No |  
 
A.I. CPU
 It is advantageous to have artificial intelligence chip.  |  
 
 No   
 |  
 
| 
 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 
 |  
 
Storage
 higher is better  |  
 
NVMe  
 + %100.0  |  
 
| 
 3840 x 2160 
 + %100.0  |  
 
Screen Resolution
 higher is better  |  
 
1920 x 1080  
 |  
 
| 
 1x 28MP, 2x 16MP 
 + %7.1  |  
 
Cameras
 More camera and higher pixel is better  |  
 
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP  
 |  
 
| 
 4K at 30FPS 
 |  
 
Video Record
 Higher video resulotion and higher fps is better  |  
 
4K at 30FPS  
 |  
 
| 
 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, VC-1 
 + %150.0  |  
 
Codec Support
 more codec support is betterr  |  
 
H.264, H.265  
 |  
 
| 
 AMR-NB, ADPCM, AMR-WB, OGG, WAV, MP3, MP2, AAC, AMR-NB, LAC, APE, AAC-plus v1, AAC-plus v2, WMA, ADPCM 
 + %150.0  |  
 
Sound Codecs
 more codec support is better  |  
 
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV  
 |  
 
| Modem Chip | Qualcomm MDM9635M | |
| 
 LTE Cat. 10 
 + %66.7  |  
 
4G class
 Higher class is better for 4g speed  |  
 
LTE Cat. 6  
 |  
 
| 
 No 
 |  
 
5g Support
 5G support is important for high speed data  |  
 
No  
 |  
 
| 
 450   Mbps
 |  
 
Download Speed
 Higher is better  |  
 
450  Mbps
 |  
 
| 
 50   Mbps
 |  
 
Upload Speed
 Higher is better  |  
 
150  Mbps
 + %200.0  |  
 
| 
 5   
 + newer  |  
 
Wifi Version
 Higher is better  |  
 
4  
 |  
 
| 
 5.0    
 + newer  |  
 
Bluetooth Version
 Higher is better  |  
 
4.2   
 |  
 
| 
 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou 
 |  
 
GPS
 more satellites, higher accuracy  |  
 
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo  
 + %33.3  |  
 
| 
 February 2017 
 + newer  |  
 
Release
 newer date may contain newer technologies.  |  
 
September 2015  
 |  
 
| 
 291  
 |  
 Geekbench5 Single  Benchmark
 Higher geekbench single score, higher single core processing power  |  
 
541  
 + %85.9  |  
 
| 
 1376  
 + %37.7  |  
 Geekbench5 Multi Benchmark
 Higher geekbench multiscore, higher multi-core processing power  |  
 
999  
 |  
 

