Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 678
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 678 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.
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 12.43% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (950 vs 845 MHz).
- Helio G96 has 19.76% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 678 (339 K vs 283 K).
- Helio G96 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
- Snapdragon 678 has 7.32% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2200 vs 2050 MHz).
- Snapdragon 678 has 8.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (11 vs 12 nm).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 98570 | 101216 |
| GPU | 76840 | 51346 |
| Memory | 70017 | 48181 |
| UX | 94023 | 82701 |
| Total score | 339450 | 283444 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | 102.2 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | - | 14.5 images/s |
| Speech recognition | - | 27.8 words/s |
| Machine learning | - | 23.7 images/s |
| Camera shooting | - | 13.7 images/s |
| HTML 5 | - | 2.05 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | - | 527.2 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
8%
Mediatek G964%
SD 678Score: 1086
| Stability | 99% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 2 FPS |
| Score | 1086 | 482 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G96 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 678Display
| 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 | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | Rec2020 |
CPU
54%
Mediatek G9658%
SD 678
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2050 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | - | 16 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 0.256 MB |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 12 nm | 11 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 12 Billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali G57 MC2 | Adreno 612 |
| Architecture | Valhall | Adreno 600 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 845 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 32 | 96 |
| FLOPS | - | 354 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2 x 16 Bit | 2 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 685 |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP |
| 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | X12 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Peak Download speed | - | - |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
Info
| Announced Date | June 2021 | December 2020 |
| Class | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Model number | MT6781 | SM6150-AC |
| Official page | Helio G96 official site | Snapdragon 678 official site |
Mediatek Helio G96
29.5
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
23
Review By TenzysTech
