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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 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
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

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

2800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
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
  • 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 685

CPU
17%
GPU
11%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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