78

Points
Mediatek Helio G96

78

Points
Apple A17 Pro
Overview - 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G96 21
A17 Pro 94
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
A17 Pro 97
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
A17 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
A17 Pro 93
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 A17 Pro
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.
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

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
A17 Pro 2999

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
A17 Pro 7779

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • 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 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
  • Cores 8 6
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

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 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 -
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Helio G96

CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

Apple A17 Pro

CPU
94%
GPU
97%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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