Overview - Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 480 Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 480 Plus SoCs by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. 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
Snapdragon 480 Plus 20
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Snapdragon 480 Plus 15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Snapdragon 480 Plus 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Snapdragon 480 Plus 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Snapdragon 480 Plus
CPU 98570 103367
GPU 76840 83956
Memory 70017 61234
UX 94023 96732
Total score 339450 345289
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 15.15% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 480 Plus (950 vs 825 MHz).
  • Helio G96 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 480 Plus.

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 7.32% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2200 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (8 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 480 Plus has 1.72% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (345 K vs 339 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Snapdragon 480 Plus 505

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Snapdragon 480 Plus 1637

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 5 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 900 × 1600, 1080 × 2520
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A -
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 3 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Adreno 619
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 825 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 32 128
  • 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 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X51
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • 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%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

CPU
20%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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