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 |
Mediatek Helio G96
29.5
Review By TenzysTech
Apple A17 Pro
70
Review By TenzysTech
