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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Dimensity 800U

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Dimensity 800U 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 800U 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Dimensity 800U 16
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Dimensity 800U 75
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Dimensity 800U 37
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Dimensity 800U
CPU 98570 113735
GPU 76840 104873
Memory 70017 67803
UX 94023 116075
Total score 339450 402486
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 11.76% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (950 vs 850 MHz).
  • Helio G96 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 800U.

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 800U

  • Dimensity 800U has 17.07% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2400 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Dimensity 800U has 41.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (7 vs 12 nm).
  • Dimensity 800U has 18.57% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (402 K vs 339 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Dimensity 800U 594

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Dimensity 800U 1683

Image compression

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 105.3

Face detection

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 15.5

Speech recognition

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 33.8

Machine learning

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 28.6

Camera shooting

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 14.4

HTML 5

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 2.08

SQLite

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Helio G96
Dimensity 800U 534.9

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 9 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz Full HD+ @ 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

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 7 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Mali-G57 MC3
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 850 MHz
  • Execution units 2 3
  • Shading units 32 48
  • 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 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 17.07 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 12 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
  • 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, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • 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 800U

CPU
21%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%
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