Helio G96 Vs Dimensity 900
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Dimensity 900 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.
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 Mediatek Helio G96
- Helio G96 has 5.56% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 900 (950 vs 900 MHz).
- Helio G96 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 900.
Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 900
- Dimensity 900 has 17.07% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2400 vs 2050 MHz).
- Dimensity 900 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 900 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (6 vs 12 nm).
- Dimensity 900 has 37.92% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (468 K vs 339 K ).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 98570 | 125384 |
| GPU | 76840 | 125188 |
| Memory | 70017 | 83836 |
| UX | 94023 | 133752 |
| Total score | 339450 | 468160 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 123.5 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 20.5 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 38.3 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 33.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 19.6 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.51 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 632.6 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
8%
Mediatek G9617%
Dimensity 900Score: 2167
| Stability | 99% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Score | 1086 | 2167 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G96 and Mediatek Dimensity 900Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120Hz | FHD+@120Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR10 | HDR |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
54%
Mediatek G9663%
Dimensity 900
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2050 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 12 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 10 Billion |
| TDP | - | 10 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G57 MC2 | Mali-G68 MC4 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 32 | 48 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 2 x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 18.4 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 10 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 108MP, 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, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | 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 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | - | Up to 2770 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | June 2021 | May 2021 |
| Class | Mid-range | Mid range |
| Model number | MT6781 | MT6877 |
| Official page | Helio G96 official site | Dimensity 900 official site |
Mediatek Helio G96
29.5
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Dimensity 900
30.75
Review By TenzysTech
