Helio X30 visits GeekBench, modest scores from the test units

The Mediatek Helio X30 chipset (internal designation MT6799) has been official for a few months now – 4 and a half, to be somewhat more precise, but we"re yet to see a production device powered by the Mediatek beast of an SoC. Well, this is set to change soon, as test devices with the X30 have started appearing on GeekBench.
A number of differently named devices have run the benchmark, but none sounds like an actual consumer product. Still, it"s good to see what these pre-production units are capable of, if for nothing else but an indication of what to expect from the X30.
Well, the test numbers aren"t all that impressive – a single-core GeekBench 4 score around 1,500 is lower than the majority of Snapdragon 820 phones we"ve tested, and there"s the S821 now which posts even higher numbers. The Huawei Mate 9, then, which utilizes the same 4x Cortex-A73 cores in its CPU, manages a much higher single-core result at around 1,900 points. In multi-core the Helio X3..

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MediaTek adds Helio x23 and x27 chipsets to its portfolio

MediaTek has definitely been keeping busy lately and thankfully so, since the Chinese company"s chips play a huge part in powering much of the diverse Android device realm. The company now has two new interesting offers in its deca-core lineup – the Helio X23 and X27.
While there might not be quite as exciting as the recently announced 10nm Helio X30, they do fit nicely into the existing X20 and X25 family line and will surely find a place in plenty of affordable devices in 2017.
The X23 and X27 are Tri-Cluster Deca-Core chips, based on the familiar 20nm production process. Their CPU configurations and frequencies are as follows:
MediaTek Helio X23 Core count Core type Clock speed 2x Cortex-A72 2.3GHz 4x Cortex-A53 1.85GHz 4x Cortex-A53 1.4GHz MediaTek Helio X27 Core count Core type Clock speed 2x Cortex-A72 2.6GHz 4x Cortex-A53 2.0GHz 4x Cortex-A53 1.6GHz On the GPU side, both models come with an ARM Mali-T880, clocked at 780 MHz in the X23 and 875MHz in the X27. MediaTek also..

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