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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Dimensity 8100

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Dimensity 8100 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 8100 42
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Dimensity 8100 38
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Dimensity 8100 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Dimensity 8100 54
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Dimensity 8100
CPU 98570 204875
GPU 76840 311503
Memory 70017 130636
UX 94023 161518
Total score 339450 808532
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 4.17% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (950 vs 912 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 39.02% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2850 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 58.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (5 vs 12 nm).
  • Dimensity 8100 has 138.19% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (809 K vs 339 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Dimensity 8100 969

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Dimensity 8100 4081

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • 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

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 4 MB
  • Process 12 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Mali-G610 MC6
  • Architecture Valhall Valhall 2
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 912 MHz
  • Execution units 2 6
  • Shading units 32 -
  • 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 6400 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB -
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes APU 580 (multi-core)
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 200MP
  • 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, AV1, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - R16-ready 5G modem
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 21
  • 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, NAVIC
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 8100

CPU
42%
GPU
38%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%
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