Compare Helio P65 vs Snapdragon 712 Chipsets

Last year, Qualcomm introduced Snapdragon 710 chipset under its Snapdragon 700 series. It was the first chipset of this series and a very powerful chipset in the mid-range segment. There was none other powerful chipsets like this. Many smartphone manufacturers adopted this chipset in their smartphones.

Now after a time of almost 8-9 months of the launch of Snapdragon 710, the company introduced Snapdragon 712 chipset as its successor. This chipset brings some improvements over Snapdragon 710. And after the launch of this chipset, Xiaomi adopted this chipset in its Mi 9 SE smartphone. After that, Vivo also used this chipset in its Vivo Z1 Pro smartphone which performs very well.

In recent days, MediaTek – a competitor of Qualcomm, also introduced its Helio P65 chipset as the successor of MediaTek Helio P60 and P70 chipsets. Last year, the company launched Helio P60 chipset which was the most successful chipset of MediaTek. This was the first chipset in mid-range to come with dedicated APU. After 6 months the company also announced its successor Helio P70 with a tiny upgrade over Helio P60. And now the Helio P65 is introduced as their successor.

Both Snapdragon 712 and Helio P65 performs very well at their segment. Here we are to compare MediaTek Helio P65 vs Snapdragon 712 chipsetsand try to find out that which one is better chipset between Helio P65 and Snapdragon 712. If you also want to know the difference between Helio P65 and Snapdragon 712 chipsets, then keep reading this article. Here we will try to clear your all doubts regarding this. Let’s compare them.

Helio P65 vs Snapdragon 712 CPU & GPU

CPU

Starting the comparison with the CPU of these processors, talking about MediaTek Helio P65, it has a 64-bit eight-core processor which includes a combination of 2+6 CPU cores. It includes 2 Cortex-A75 cores running at 2.0GHz while its 6 Cortex-A55 cores also operating at 2.0GHz clock speed. While on the other side, Snapdragon 712 also features 64-bit octa-core CPU which features Kryo 360 CPU. The Kryo 360 CPU includes 2 Cortex-A75 Gold Cores operating at 2.3GHz while 6 Cortex-A75 Silver Cores running at 1.7GHz. Here the first 2 powerful cores have a higher frequency in Snapdragon 712 while the other 6 cores have higher CPU frequency in Helio P65 chipset. With a higher frequency of powerful cores, here Snapdragon 712 performs better over Helio P65.

GPU

Moving on GPU section, here Snapdragon 712 has Adreno 616 GPU with a maximum clock speed of up to 550MHz while the Helio P65 got Arm Mali-G52 2EEMC2 GPU clocked at 820MHz. In this case, the Adreno 616 GPU of Snapdragon 712 could perform better over Mali G52 GPU present on Helio P65.

Manufacturing Process

Speaking of the manufacturing process, MediaTek Helio P65 still working on the 12nm manufacturing process. Most chipsets of MediaTek in the mid-range segment working on the same 12nm fabrication process. On the other side, Snapdragon 712 is fabricated on the 10nm manufacturing process because of which it is a more power-efficient chipset over Helio P65. So in this case also Snapdragon is ahead over Helio P65.

Helio P65 vs Snapdragon 712 Supported Features

Camera

Speaking of the camera department, here MediaTek Helio P65 can support 25MP single camera at 30fps and go up to 48MP. In the market to 48MP camera sensors are available – Sony IMX586 and Samsung GM1. It can support both of these sensors. While in terms of dual camera it has support for up to 16MP + 16MP dual camera sensors at 30fps.

On the other side, Snapdragon 712 features Qualcomm Spectra 250 ISP which is a 14-bit dual Image Signal Processor and it can support up to 16MP dual camera sensors at 30fps with MFNR and ZSL. While in terms of a single camera, it can support up to 32MP single camera sensor at 30fps with MFNR and ZSL, up to 48MP with MFNR only and up to 192MP without MFNR and ZSL.

RAM & Storage

In terms of RAM, the Helio P65 has support for LPDDR3 up to 4GB at 933MHz and LPDDR4X RAM up to 8GB at 1800MHz while Snapdragon 712 can support dual-channel LPDDR4X RAM up to 8GB at 1866MHz.

In the case of storage, MediaTek Helio P65 supports eMMC 5.1 based storage while Snapdragon 712 has support for UFS2.1 based storage.

Display

Speaking of the display section, here the Helio P65 can support a maximum display resolution of up to 2520 x 1080 pixels while Snapdragon 712 can support up to Quad HD+ HDR10 displays with a maximum resolution of up to 3360 x 1440 pixels.

Helio P65 vs Snapdragon 712 Artificial Intelligence

Speaking of AI capabilities of these chipsets, to handling AI-based tasks, the Snapdragon 712 got the company’s Hexagon 685 DSP with Hexagon Vector Accelerator which is a 3rd gen engine of Qualcomm. It includes AI features like auto scene detection and Object recognition.

While on the other side, the Helio P65 features a dedicated APU to perform well in AI-based tasks. It also has features like Object recognition, Scene Detection, and segmentation. In this case of AI, both chipsets will perform very well.

Connectivity Features

In this section, the Helio P65 has an LTE Cat-4 modem which provides a maximum download speed of up to 300Mbps using LTE Cat.7 and an uploading speed of up to 150Mbps using LTE Cat.13. It also includes other connectivity options like Dual 4G VoLTE, VoWiFi, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, FM Radio, eMBMS, etc.

On the other side, Snapdragon 712 got the company’s X15 LTE modem which uses LTE Cat.15 for downloading speed up to 800Mbps and LTE Cat.13 for uploading speed of up to 150Mbps. It also offers other connectivity options like Tri-band Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, etc. For fast charging, it has support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ technology.

SoC	Helio P65	Snapdragon 712
CPU	2 x Cortex-A75@2.00GHz 6 x Cortex-A55@2.00GHz	2 x Cortex-A75@2.23GHz 6 x Cortex-A75@1.70GHz
GPU	Mali-G52 2EEMC2@820MHz	Adreno 616@550MHz
Manufacturing Process	12nm	10nm

Camera	Dual – 16MP + 16MP@30fps Single – 25MP@30fps(up to 48MP)	Dual – 16MP@30fps(MFNR and ZSL) Single – 32MP@30fps(MFNR and ZSL) 48MP(MFNR and ZSL) 192MP(MFNR and ZSL)
RAM	LPDDR4X-8GB@1800MHz	Dual-Channel LPDDR4X-8GB@1866MHz
Storage	eMMC 5.1	UFS 2.1
Display	2520 x 1080px	Quad HD+(3360x1440px) HDR10

Modem	4G LTE Cat-4	Snapdragon X15 LTE
Speed	Download – 300Mbps Upload – 150Mbps	Download – 800Mbps Upload – 150Mbp