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MediaTek Helio P20
Benchmarks & Specs

Last updated: 2025-07-24

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The MediaTek Helio P20 was once a central component in many smartphones. This processor, manufactured using the 16 nm process, relied on the proven Cortex-A53 architecture. We remember that it offered a reasonable balance of performance and energy efficiency. This made it a popular choice for everyday devices at the time.

Its integrated graphics unit, the ARM Mali-T880 MP2, supported smooth displays. Even simpler games were still playable and ran smoothly. Its development was always aimed at reliable everyday use. We often saw the MediaTek Helio P20 in upper mid-range devices. This chip provided a solid base for numerous everyday applications.

Particularly noteworthy is its ability to use energy sparingly. This was a crucial advantage for the battery life of smartphones. Overall, the MediaTek Helio P20 offered a well-rounded set of features for its area of application. The MediaTek Helio P20 remained a truly reliable solution for a long time.

Its relevance to the market at the time was quite considerable.

Energy-efficient Cortex-A53 architecture
Solid integrated graphics (ARM Mali-T880 MP2)
Reliable everyday performance

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Multi-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 1.90 GHz

158

8C / 8T · 2.50 GHz

152

8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

151

8C / 8T · 1.70 GHz

149

4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

148

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 2.45 GHz

501

4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

458

8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

457

8C / 8T · 1.60 GHz

452

6C / 6T · 2.00 GHz

433

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

ARM Mali-T830 MP2

ARM Mali-T830 MP2

ARM Mali-T880 MP2

ARM Mali-G52 MP2

PowerVR G6200

More benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Mediatek Helio (37)
CPU group	MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4)
Architecture	Cortex-A53
Technology	16 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Generation	2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Cortex-A53 2.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Cortex-A53 1.30 GHz
L2-Cache
L3-Cache
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	ARM Mali-T880 MP2
GPU frequency	0.90 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader	2 / 32
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory
Technology	16 nm
Release date	Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR4X-1600 LPDDR4-1600 LPDDR3-933	12.8 GB/s 12.8 GB/s 7.5 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	6 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗
Operating systems	Android
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q3/2016
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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