MediaTek has introduced two more octa-core Cortex A53 processors with respectively Helio P23 for worldwide markets, and Helio P30 for China. Both processors build upon Helio P20/P25 design, but are upgraded with a faster Mali G71MP2 GPU, LTE Cat 7/13 modem, and in the case of Helio P30 the ability to record 4K videos with H.265 codec, instead of just H.264, and a new “vision processing unit”.
Mediatek Helio P23 & P30 specifications:
- CPU – 8 core big.LITTLE processor with 4x ARM Cortex A53 @ 2.3 GHz, 4x ARM Cortex A53 @ 1.65 GHz
- GPU – ARM Mali-G71MP2 GPU clocked @ 770 MHz (P23) or 950 MHz (P30)
- Memory I/F – 2 x 16-bit @ 1600 MHz LPDDR4X, P23 only: 1 x 32-bit @ 933 MHz LPDDR3
- Storage I/F – No info
- Display – Up to 2160 x 1080 resolution
- Video
- Encoder – P23: 2160p30 H.264; P30: 2160p30 H.264 & HEVC
- Decoder – 2160p30 H.264 & HEVC
- Camera
- P23 – 24MP single camera; 13 + 13MP dual camera
- P30 – 25MP single camera; 16 + 16MP dual camera; Vision Processing Unit (Tensilica DSP) used for additional image processing
- Modem – LTE Cat 7/13 300/150Mbps; Dual Sim, Dual Standby (DSDS) w/Dual VoLTE
- Process – TSMC 16nm
MediaTek’s new processors will be found in smartphones in Q4 of this year, with Helio P23 launching globally, and Helio P30 in China, but the latter may eventually expand to other markets if there’s demand. No product pages, nor press releases are available for either SoCs at the time of writing, but in due time, more info should show up on MediaTek Helio P series product page.
Via AnandTech
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It seems the greatest advancement in the new SoCs, aside from the new-gen GPU, is the baseband. Dual LTE is a first, no?
@blu
Yes, Anandtech mentioned something like dual LTE is not common.
I wonder how many people need to use two LTE SIM cards… Or maybe useful when changing countries, like commuters between Hong Kong and China?
Are all the cores really ARM Cortex A53 ones?
Not 4 A53s and 4 A72s?
@Jimmy Pedersen
Yes, all Helio P series processors only have A53 cores, you need to get Helio X series for A72/A73 cores.
I think this is their answer for the everyone’s current favourit sd625 soc. Imho its too late, but we’ll see…
@Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)
You need to get X30 actually … if only you could find it as other than Meizu no one seems to have managed to get it. Meizu is selling it at SD 835 prices so there’s really no point in bothering.
@Marius
I have Helio X20 based smartphone with Cortex A72/53 cores. So I think all X series have A7x cores.
Mediatek is pretty bad at releasing android sources. And they sell their SDK as well.