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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Dimensity 1080

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Dimensity 1080 SoCs by Mediatek. 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G96 21
Dimensity 1080 28
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Dimensity 1080 22
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Dimensity 1080 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Dimensity 1080 43
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Dimensity 1080
CPU 98570 143941
GPU 76840 140125
Memory 70017 96692
UX 94023 136066
Total score 339450 516824
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 1080

  • Dimensity 1080 has 26.83% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2600 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (6 vs 12 nm).
  • Dimensity 1080 has 52.25% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (517 K vs 339 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Dimensity 1080 766

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Dimensity 1080 2252

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 HDR10+
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - 256 KB
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - 12 Billion
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Mali-G68 MC4
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 2 5
  • Shading units 32 64
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 27 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 3.0
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • 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%

Mediatek Dimensity 1080

CPU
28%
GPU
22%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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