Helio G96 Vs A17 Pro
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs A17 Pro SoCs by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 84.39% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3780 vs 2050 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 47.16% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1398 vs 950 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 75% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (3 vs 12 nm).
- A17 Pro has 380.68% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (1,632 K vs 339 K ).
- A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 98570 | 399992 |
GPU | 76840 | 620081 |
Memory | 70017 | 265579 |
UX | 94023 | 346005 |
Total score | 339450 | 1631657 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | - | - |
Face detection | - | - |
Speech recognition | - | - |
Machine learning | - | - |
Camera shooting | - | - |
HTML 5 | - | - |
SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
8%
Mediatek G9677%
A17 ProScore: 10002
Stability | 99% | 79% |
Graphics test | 6 FPS | 60 FPS |
Score | 1086 | 10002 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G96 and Apple A17 ProDisplay
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120Hz | - |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | - |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | HDR10 | - |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
54%
Mediatek G96100%
A17 Pro
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
Cores | 8 | 6 |
Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2020 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2050 MHz | 3780 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9-A |
L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
L2 cache | - | 16 MB |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 12 nm | 3 nm |
Transistor count | - | 19 Billion |
TDP | - | 8 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Mali G57 MC2 | Apple A17 GPU |
Architecture | Valhall | Apple GPU |
GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 1398 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 6 |
Shading units | 32 | 128 |
FLOPS | - | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 2 x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | - | 51.2 Gbit/s |
Max size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | |
Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP | |
Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | - |
5G support | No | Yes |
Peak Download speed | - | Up to 7500 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | June 2021 | September 2023 |
Class | Mid-range | Flagship |
Model number | MT6781 | APL1V02 |
Official page | Helio G96 official site | A17 Pro official site |