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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 685 – specs and benchmarks

Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 685

Helio G96
VS
Snapdragon 685
Helio G96
Snapdragon 685
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 685 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G96
21
Snapdragon 685
17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96
15
Snapdragon 685
11
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96
57
Snapdragon 685
79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96
31
Snapdragon 685
36

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96
  • Helio G96 has 25.62% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 685 (339 K vs 270 K).
  • Helio G96 Support 53.85% higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 685 (600 vs 390 MHz).
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
  • Snapdragon 685 has 36.59% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2800 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 685 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (6 vs 12 nm).

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Helio G96
vs
Snapdragon 685

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 +23%
339450
Snapdragon 685
270223
CPU 98570 81894
GPU 76840 39122
Memory 70017 77991
UX 94023 71216
Total score 339450 270223

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Helio G96 +44%
544
Snapdragon 685
377
Multi-Core Score
Helio G96 +17%
1884
Snapdragon 685
1609
Image compression - -
Face detection - -
Speech recognition - -
Machine learning - -
Camera shooting - -
HTML 5 - -
SQLite - -

3DMark

8%
Mediatek G96
0%
SD 685
Score: 1086

Stability 99% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Score 1086 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G96 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

Display

Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz HD+ @ 120 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz
Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 1080 × 2520
Max External Display - -
HDR HDR10 -
Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 12-bit, Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut Rec2020 -

  CPU

54%
Mediatek G96
74%
SD 685
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 1900 MHz
Turbo Frequency 2050 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache - -
Process 12 nm 6 nm
Transistor count - -
TDP - -

Graphics

GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Adreno 610
Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
GPU frequency 950 MHz -
Execution units 2 2
Shading units 32 96
FLOPS - -
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 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 17 Gbit/s
Max size 10 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 686
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 108MP, 2x 16MP
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, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Helio G96
600
Snapdragon 685
390
5G (MB/s)
Helio G96
N/A
Snapdragon 685
N/A
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Helio G96
150
Snapdragon 685
150
5G (MB/s)
Helio G96
N/A
Snapdragon 685
N/A
Modem - X11
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 13
5G support No No
Peak Download speed - -
Peak Upload speed - -
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date June 2021 March 2023
Class Mid-range Mid range
Model number MT6781 SM6225-AD
Official page Helio G96 official site Snapdragon 685 official site
Mediatek Helio G96
Mediatek Helio G96
CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

29.5


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

26.75


Review By TenzysTech

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