MediaTek Helio X27 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-11-09

The MediaTek Helio X27 has 10 cores with 10 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Mediatek Helio series. The processor was released in Q1/2017. The MediaTek Helio X27 scores 256 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 1,165 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	MediaTek Helio X27
Family:	Mediatek Helio
CPU group:	MediaTek Helio X20
Architecture:	Cortex-A72 / Cortex-A53
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	2
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The MediaTek Helio X27 has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 10 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio X27 is 2.60 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	10 / 10
Core architecture:	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
A-Core:	2x Cortex-A72
B-Core:	4x Cortex-A53
C-Core:	4x Cortex-A53

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	No
A-Core Frequency:	2.60 GHz
B-Core Frequency:	1.55 GHz
C-Core Frequency:	--

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The MediaTek Helio X27 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the MediaTek Helio X27 uses the ARM Mali-T880 MP4, which has 64 texture shaders and 4 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	ARM Mali-T880 MP4
GPU frequency:	0.88 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	0.88 GHz
Compute units:	4
Shader:	64
Max. GPU Memory:	--

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	Midgard 4
Direct X:	11
Technology:	16 nm
Release date:	Q2/2016

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	No
VC-1:	No
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 4 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 6.4 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR3-800	6.4 GB/s
Max. Memory:	4 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth:	--

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	--

Technical details

The MediaTek Helio X27 is made in 20 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 0.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	20 nm
Chip design:	Chiplet
Socket:	--
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	--
AES-NI:	No
Operating systems:	Android

Virtualization:	None
Instruction set (ISA):	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	--
Release date:	Q1/2017
Release price:	--
Part Number:	MT6797X
Documents:	Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the MediaTek Helio X27 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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.


	AMD A6-3420M 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	259
	Intel Atom C2550 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	259
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	257
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	256
	Intel Core2 Duo E6300 2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz	256
	AMD A8-6410 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	256
	Intel Pentium T2390 2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz	255

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.


	Intel Core i7-3517U 2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1171
	Intel Core i3-550 2C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1170
	Intel Core i3-6102E 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	1170
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	1165
	Samsung Exynos 9610 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	1164
	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	1164
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	1163

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.


	Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	283
	Samsung Exynos 7420 8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	280
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 8C 8T @ 1.95 GHz	279
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	276
	Intel Core i3-3217UE 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	276
	Nintendo Switch 8C 8T @ 1.75 GHz	270
	Intel Celeron N3450 4C 4T @ 2.20 GHz	264

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 X20 10C 10T @ 2.10 GHz	958
	Intel Pentium G3220 2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz	957
	Intel Core i3-540 2C 4T @ 3.06 GHz	952
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	942
	Samsung Exynos 850 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	942
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	941
	Intel Pentium G3250T 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	929

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.


	HiSilicon Kirin 810 ARM Mali-G52 MP6 @ 0.85 GHz	122
	Intel Core i5-2500T Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.25 GHz	120
	Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) Broadcom VideoCore VII @ 0.80 GHz	120
	MediaTek Helio X27 ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.88 GHz	119
	Intel Atom x6416RE Intel UHD Graphics 10th Gen (16 EU) @ 0.45 GHz	119
	Intel Atom Z3530 PowerVR G6430 @ 0.46 GHz	117
	MediaTek Helio X25 ARM Mali-T880 MP4 @ 0.85 GHz	116

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.


	Samsung Exynos 7420 8C 8T @ 2.10 GHz	112550
	Samsung Exynos 7904 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	104389
	MediaTek Helio P35 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	103467
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	102768
	MediaTek Helio P23 8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz	102549
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	101368
	MediaTek Helio G35 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	98634

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A6-9220 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	2158
	MediaTek Kompanio 500 8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz	2154
	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	2148
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	2139
	AMD A4-5050 4C 4T @ 1.55 GHz	2136
	Intel Core i3-3250T 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2135
	MediaTek Helio G37 8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz	2134

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,439 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,412 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,700 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,649 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,954 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,340 entries

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