Helio G88 Vs Exynos 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G88 vs Exynos 1080 SoCs by Mediatek and Samsung respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Review
Differences
Benchmarks
AnTuTu v9
GeekBench 5
Specs

Review

CPU Performance

Single and multi-core processor tests

Helio G88

Exynos 1080

Gaming Performance

GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan

Helio G88

Exynos 1080

Battery life

Efficiency of battery consumption

Helio G88

Exynos 1080

Tenzys Tech Score

Overall chip score

Helio G88

Exynos 1080

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G88

Helio G88 has 25.00% higher GPU clock speed than Exynos 1080 (1000 vs 800 MHz).

Pros of Samsung Exynos 1080

Exynos 1080 has 40% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G88 (2800 vs 2000 MHz).

Exynos 1080 has 52.78% higher memory frequency than Helio G88 (2750 vs 1800 MHz).

Exynos 1080 has 58.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G88 (5 vs 12 nm).

Exynos 1080 has 237.74% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G88 (697 K vs 206 K ).

Exynos 1080 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G88.

Exynos 1080 Support 228.11% higher memory bandwidth then Helio G88 (44 vs 13.41 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

SoC:

Helio G88

Exynos 1080

AnTuTu 9

Helio G88

206336

Exynos 1080 +238%

696884

CPU	69667	178651
GPU	47988	251983
Memory	44409	127596
UX	44272	138654
Total score	206336	696884

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

Helio G88

377

Exynos 1080 +121%

833

Multi-Core Score

Helio G88

1290

Exynos 1080 +124%

2890

Image compression	82.7 Mpixels/s	135.1 Mpixels/s
Face detection	9.99 images/s	30 images/s
Speech recognition	25.2 words/s	53.1 words/s
Machine learning	19.5 images/s	51.7 images/s
Camera shooting	9.38 images/s	26.5 images/s
HTML 5	1.41 Mnodes/s	3.53 Mnodes/s
SQLite	415.2 Mnodes/s	875.8 Mnodes/s

3DMark

6%

Helio G88

0%

Exynos 1080

Score: 723

Stability	98%	-
Graphics test	4 FPS	-
Score	723	-

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G88 and Samsung Exynos 1080

Display

Max On-Device Display	Full HD+ @90Hz	WQHD+ @90Hz, FHD+ @144Hz
Max On-Display Resolution	2520 x 1080	2960 x 1440
Max External Display	-	-
HDR	-	HDR10+
Color Depth	-	-
Color Gamut	-	-

CPU

58%

Helio G88

81%

Exynos 1080

Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores	8	8
Base Frequency	1800 MHz	2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency	2000 MHz	2800 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache	-	-
L2 cache	-	-
L3 cache	-	4 MB
Process	12 nm	5 nm
Transistor count	-	-
TDP	-	9 W

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G52 MC2	Mali-G78 MP10
Architecture	Bifrost	Valhall 2
GPU frequency	1000 MHz	800 MHz
Execution units	2	10
Shading units	32	160
FLOPS	62 Gigaflops	-
Vulkan version	1.1	1.1
OpenCL version	2.0	2.0
DirectX version	12	12

Memory

Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	1800 MHz	2750 MHz
Bus	2x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth	13.41 Gbit/s	44 Gbit/s
Max size	8 GB	8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)	Yes	Neural Processor
Storage type	eMMC 5.1	UFS 3.1
Max display resolution	2520 x 1080	2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution	1x 64MP, 2x 16MP	1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture	2K at 30FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	2K at 30FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, VP9	H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs	AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed

4G (MB/s)

Helio G88

300

Exynos 1080

1200

5G (MB/s)

Helio G88

N/A

Exynos 1080

5100

Upload Speed

4G (MB/s)

Helio G88

100

Exynos 1080

200

5G (MB/s)

Helio G88

N/A

Exynos 1080

1280

Modem	-	-
4G support	LTE Cat. 7	LTE Cat. 18
5G support	No	Yes
Peak Download speed	-	Up to 5100 Mbps
Peak Upload speed	-	Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi	5	6
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo