MediaTek today officially introduced Helio P25, another mid-range SoC formed using the high-end 16nm FinFET process. The P-series chips from MediaTek are known are primarily focused on power efficiency and the use of advanced finFET process should surely give a significant boost in this regards. And so will the new memory controller.
The Helio P25 supports LPDDR4X interface, which is a new standard that evolves over the LPDDR4, and is capable of cutting memory power by 20 percent.
The ISP also sees some improvement. The Helio P25 can support up to 24MP single camera and up to two 13MP cameras which makes it well suited for upcoming mid-range dual camera phones (MediaTek has been prioritizing dual cameras with its Imagiq ISPs for a while now). Other camera related aspects include support for Color + Mono de-noise and real-time shallow Depth of field bokeh, Video HDR and high-performance Auto Exposure.
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The Helio P25 will have 8 Cortex A53 cores arranged in two clusters. We don’t know the individual clock frequency of each cluster, but the performance cores max at 2.5GHz. The GPU has been upgraded to Mali T880MP2 clocked at 900MHz
“MediaTek Helio P25 paves the way for high-resolution and feature-rich smartphone cameras that enable amazing static shots and 4K2K videos,”said Jeffrey Ju, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer at MediaTek. “Supporting two cameras up to 13MP each, the MediaTek Helio P25 redefines expectations for mobile photography and our multimedia features like, MediaTek MiraVision technology, continuously enhance visual user experiences.”
Smartphones powered by Helio P25 are expected to ship in second half of 2017.
Helio P25 vs Helio P20 VS Helio P10
| Chipset | Helio P25 | Helio P20 | Helio P10 |
| CPU | octa-core ( 2.5GHz 4XCortex-A53 + 2.5GHz 4X Cortex-A53) | octa-core ( 2.3GHz 4XCortex-A53 + 2.3GHz 4X Cortex-A53) | octa-core ( 2.0GHz 4XCortex-A53 + 1.1GHz 4X Cortex-A53) |
| Process | 16nm FinFET | 16nm FinFET | 28nm HPM+ |
| Memory and storage | 2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) or 1x LPDDR3 933MHz (up to 4GB), eMMC 5.1 |
2 x LPDDR4X 1600MHz (up to 6GB) or
1x LPDDR3 933MHz (up to 4GB), eMMC 5.1 |
1x LPDDR3 933MHz (up to 4GB), eMMC 5.1 |
| GPU | 900MHz Mali T880MP2 | 900MHz Mali T880MP2 | 700MHz Mali T860MP2 |
| Camera | 24MP single
13MP + 13MP dual |
24MP single | 21MP single
16MP + 8MP dual |
| Decode/ Encode | 2160p30
H.264 & HEVC Decode/ 2160p30 H.264 encode |
2160p30
H.264 & HEVC Decode/ 2160p30 H.264 encode |
1080p30
H.264 & HEVC Decode/ 1080p30 H.264 encode |
| Modem | LTE Cat. 6
300Mbps DL 50Mbps UL |
LTE Cat. 6
300Mbps DL 50Mbps UL |
LTE Cat. 6
300Mbps DL 50Mbps UL |
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