MediaTek Helio X30 vs Intel Celeron 5305U

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


MediaTek Helio X30 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 5305U
MediaTek Helio X30 Intel Celeron 5305U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the MediaTek Helio X30 and the Intel Celeron 5305U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the MediaTek Helio X30 10 core processor released in Q2/2017 with the Intel Celeron 5305U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2020.
Mediatek Helio (37) Family Intel Celeron (165)
MediaTek Helio X30 (1) CPU group Intel Celeron 5000 (2)
3 Generation 10
Cortex-A73 / -A53 / -A35 Architecture Comet Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Celeron 4305U
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio X30 is a 10 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz. The processor can compute 10 threads at the same time. The Intel Celeron 5305U clocks with 2.30 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

MediaTek Helio X30 Characteristic Intel Celeron 5305U
10 Cores 2
10 Threads 2
hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz
2x Cortex-A73
A-Core 2.30 GHz
1.90 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --
--
4x Cortex-A35
C-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

MediaTek Helio X30 Characteristic Intel Celeron 5305U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
0.85 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
0.85 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
10 Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
8 Compute units 24
32 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus) GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 8 GB of memory in a maximum of 4 memory channels is supported by the MediaTek Helio X30, while the Intel Celeron 5305U supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 38.4 GB/s enabled.

MediaTek Helio X30 Characteristic Intel Celeron 5305U
LPDDR4X-1866 Memory LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
8 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
4 (Quad Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
14.9 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 12
-- PCIe Bandwidth 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The MediaTek Helio X30 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Celeron 5305U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

MediaTek Helio X30 Characteristic Intel Celeron 5305U
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 12.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio X30 has 0.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Intel Celeron 5305U is at 2.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

MediaTek Helio X30 Characteristic Intel Celeron 5305U
10 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1528
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2017 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 128 $
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
PowerVR 7XTP-MT4 (GT7400 Plus) @ 0.85 GHz
218 (60%)
Intel Celeron 5305U Intel Celeron 5305U
Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
361 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
304 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5305U Intel Celeron 5305U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
1295 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5305U Intel Celeron 5305U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
359 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5305U Intel Celeron 5305U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
MediaTek Helio X30 MediaTek Helio X30
10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz
1143 (100%)
Intel Celeron 5305U Intel Celeron 5305U
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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