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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - Helio G96 Vs 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G96 17
Snapdragon 685 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 12
Snapdragon 685 9
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Snapdragon 685 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 29
Snapdragon 685 34
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

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

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Snapdragon 685 377

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Snapdragon 685 1609

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

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 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

51%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

69%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

47%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • 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
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

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
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 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X11
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 600 Mbps 390 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • 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
17%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

CPU
14%
GPU
9%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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