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Ever since its launch, the Snapdragon 636 mobile platform has been including the in-house Snapdragon 660. However, a few months down the line the 636 saw a new competitor in the form of the MediaTek Helio P60. This processor, which made its official debut at MWC 2018, is considered one of the best mid-range chipsets from MediaTek.The MediaTek Helio P60 has powered a number of recent smartphones, including the Oppo F7 and the Vivo X21i. This, however, is just the beginning as the new chipset from MediaTek is expected to power a number of upcoming devices from Xiaomi and Meizu.So, how does the new MediaTek Helio P60 match up against the already established Snapdragon 636 processor? Well, let's find out!Before, we start, let's have a quick rundown of the specifications of both the chips. Specifications That Matter. Performance ImprovementWhenever a new chipset is launched, the first domain that falls under the lens is performance and rightly so.
Given our and multitasking, it's imperative that a future-ready chip handles each of these activities like a well-oiled machine.Starting with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636, it replaces the highly popular in the Snapdragon family. It's developed using the 14nm LPP FinFET process from Samsung. This design process helps in energy efficiency and heat control, which eventually results in better overall performance. On the CPU end, Qualcomm has scaled the Snapdragon 636 up by many folds.You won't find the standard ARM cores, instead, it's powered by the high-performing Kryo 260 cores which uses the Big.Little architecture.In fact, the Snapdragon 636 is amongst the first chipsets in the 600-series family to have the Kryo 260 cores. As we mentioned above, the Kryo 260 cores ups the performance by several notches. They combine four 64-bit ARM semi-custom Cortex-A73 'performance' cores clocked at 2.2GHz and four Cortex-A53 'efficiency' cores clocked at 1.7GHz.
This combination eventually results in improved task-sharing capacities and low latency.This combination of performance cores and efficiency cores results in improved task-sharing capacities.Interestingly, the MediaTek Helio is the first mobile chipset to be fabricated on the latest. MediaTek claims that this new fabrication process consumes 15% less power compared to its 14nm counterparts and at the same time, brings the performance and efficiency of the chip close enough to the 10nm chipsets.In terms of power efficiency, it claims to have reached the same efficiency level as the 10nm chipsets. However, when it comes to performance improvement, MediaTek goes by the old book.It employs a cluster of 4x Cortex A73 'performance' cores and 4x Cortex A53 'efficiency' cores that are designed to run at 2.0GHz.
Mar 26, 2018 MediaTek Helio P60 vs Snapdragon 636 vs Snapdragon 625: MediaTek recently introduced Helio P60 chipset and it’s a flagship SoC from the Chinese firm as Helio “X” series has already been discontinued. In most areas, it has got significant improvements over its predecessor. Going with its provided specs, the chip directly competes with Qualcomm’s current upper.
In a nutshell, the Helio P60 is built keeping in mind the battery needs and multitasking requirements of its users.Though the new P60 brings significant improvements over its predecessors (P23 and P30), it somehow pales in comparison to the Snapdragon 636. Yes, it's true that the P60 employs a newer design process, however, it's not the only factor that decides the overall performance of any chipset for that matter.A chipset's performance can't be solely measured on the basis of how much heat it mitigates in the process.
The clockspeed frequency, the CPU, and the GPU also play an important part, and that's where the P60 loses ground.In a nutshell, the Snapdragon 636's use of Kryo cores can be largely attributed to the faster calculations and thus better performance when compared to the P60's Cortex A73 cores. Camera ImprovementsThe MediaTek Helio P60 supports a dual camera setup up to 24+16-megapixel and a single 32-megapixel shooter. Where the P60 has scaled up is in the image signal processors (ISP) department. Its three ISPs increase the power efficiency, thus letting you click more pictures without. This is a feature that would certainly go down well with the selfie-loving millenials!Plus with the latest AI tweaks, the P60 supports real-time beautification & overlays and real-time video previews, not to mention. Apart from that, the key highlight of this chipset is the improvement in depth-mapping, making the object stand in sharp focus against a soft background. Pictures Captured Using the Oppo F7On the other hand, the Snapdragon 636 supports a single shooter up to 24-megapixel and a 16+16-megapixel dual camera setup.
It uses Qualcomm's in-house Spectra 160 ISP coupled with for better low-light photography. Pictures Captured Using the Redmi Note 5 ProFor the uninformed, ISP is responsible for doing small but important housekeeping jobs of the camera system like controlling the autofocus, white balance, exposure, etc.ISP is responsible for doing small but important housekeeping jobs of the camera systemThough the specs sound good, it remains to be seen how OEMs are able to tap the power of both the processors.
At the end of the day, the picture quality that we, as end users, get depends on multiple factors such as the lens used, the behind-the-scenes software processing, etc.Nevertheless, here are a couple of more pictures captured using the Redmi Note 5 Pro and the Oppo F17. Artificial Intelligenceis the hot word for 2018 and more smartphones are implementing AI features in one way or the other. Thankfully, both the chipsets do not disappoint. The Helio P60 is the first mid-range SOC to bring a dedicated multi-core AI processing unit (mobile APU) which will find its use in facial recognition and object identification, among others.The Helio P60 is the first mid-range SOC to bring a dedicated multi-core AI processing unitOn the other hand, the Snapdragon 636 supports Qualcomm's Neural Processing Engine (NPE) SDK. Notably, this SDK works with some of the most popular AI frameworks such as Caffe/Caffe2, including Google’s TensorFlow.Charging TechniqueLast but not the least, let's have a quick glance at the charging technique.
It's without a shred of doubt that is one of the most sought-after features in phones today. This fast charging technique buys you a few hours of battery juice easily in a just a few minutes.Interestingly, the Snapdragon 636 has the support for Quick Charge 4.0. ICYMI, Quick Charge 4.0 buys you a whopping 5 hours of battery life in under 5 minutes. Though most phone manufacturers won't straightaway give you Quick Charge 4.0 in mid-range phones, you can at least expect Quick Charge 3.0 (God bless backward compatibility).On the other hand, a phone with MediaTek Helio P60 can at best offer adaptive fast charge, which sadly, isn't in the same league as Qualcomm's Quick Charge.
Which One is The Ultimate WinnerThese were some of the notable differences between the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 and MediaTek Helio P60. Performance wise, both the Snapdragon 636 and the Helio P60 are at par with each other. However, the P60 seems to heat up a bit when compared to the 636.Also, if we were to look at the benchmark scores, there is a slight twist to the tale. The Snapdragon 636 on the clocked a score around 112649, whereas the Oppo F7 scored around 139156. Yes, it's true benchmark scores alone aren't indicative of how a phone handles the real-world experiences, however, it gives us a rough idea of what the processor, more importantly, the phone running it is capable of.Given how MediaTek has upped its game in the mid-range segment, it'd be interesting to see if the Helio P60 can beat the Snapdragon 636 in the popularity charts.Last updated on 5 Jul, 2019.
The Snapdragon 615, as you might know, is Qualcomm's attempt at winning over emerging markets with a fairly low priced, high performance chipset. It has an octa-core CPU with 64-bit cores, so not only it is expected to perform well, but also has a spec sheet that looks good. On the other hand, the MediaTek MT6752 is MediaTek's second 64-bit SoC, following the MT6732, has started to find its way into budding 'flagships'.We're living in a time when if not anything else, there's plenty of choice when you're smartphone shopping. MediaTek and Qualcomm happen to be two of the biggest players in the mobile SoC space, and have been vying to win market share in markets worldwide.Which one should you rather opt for? There are plenty phones equipped with either chipset, and we pitted the 'mid-range flagship' aka the Xiaomi Mi 4 against the svelte Gionee Elife S7 for this test. We ran three of the most popular benchmarking apps on Google Play - AnTuTu, Quadrant Standard and Geekbench 3.Which one do you think won the race to the top? Take a guess before reading further.
(hint: it was fairly neck and neck in the beginning, but choosing a winner isn't very hard.)As soon as the AnTuTu app was fired, the Mi 4 recognized it as a benchmarking tool and put up a prompt to set the phone in 'performance' mode (which I did). Despite that, it turns out, the MT6752 has the better of the Snapdragon 615 chip. And the difference isn't small, it is pretty significant.Quadrant StandardThis one's where the Snapdragon 615 rules the roost. The 64-bit Snapdragon chip destroyed the MT6752 with more than 1.5x times the score of the latter, which is pretty impressive. What you should be worried about is if this would last in the long run - the Snapdragon 615 has a bad habit of heating up too soon.This brings us to the last test - Geekbench 3 benchmark. Yet again, the MediaTek MT6752 proved that the Taiwanese chipset fabricator had indeed put some work into the chipset. The MT6752 comfortably beat the Snapdragon 615 in both single-core and multi-core tests, which is impressive.VerdictIt doesn't take an analyst to tell that the MediaTek MT6752 blows the Snapdragon 615 out of the water in two of the three benchmarks tests that we performed.
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MediaTek doesn't really enjoy a lot of popularity, especially for OEMs using the company's chipsets not complying with GPL policies. However, the MT6752 has proved that a good mobile SoC can come out of nowhere. Here's hoping that the competition stays healthy!