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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 720G

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 720G 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 720G 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Snapdragon 720G 14
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Snapdragon 720G 71
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Snapdragon 720G 35
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Snapdragon 720G
CPU 98570 98820
GPU 76840 71078
Memory 70017 47158
UX 94023 52126
Total score 339450 269182
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 26.67% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 720G (950 vs 750 MHz).
  • Helio G96 has 14.31% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 720G (2133 vs 1866 MHz).
  • Helio G96 has 26.10% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 720G (339 K vs 269 K).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

  • Snapdragon 720G has 12.2% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2300 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 720G has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (8 vs 12 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Snapdragon 720G 569

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Snapdragon 720G 1780

Image compression

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 110.2

Face detection

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 13.1

Speech recognition

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 27.3

Machine learning

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 26.1

Camera shooting

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 15.7

HTML 5

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 2.16

SQLite

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 720G 533.6

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @ 120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - QHD @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - 1 MB
  • Process 12 nm 8 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Adreno 618
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 750 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 32 128
  • FLOPS - 435 Gigaflops
  • 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 1866 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 13.91 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 Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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 384 kHz/32 bit
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X15
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 15
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.1
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, 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 720G

CPU
21%
GPU
14%
Memory
22%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%
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