Overview - Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 778G Plus

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 778G Plus 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 778G Plus 33
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Snapdragon 778G Plus 26
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Snapdragon 778G Plus 79
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Snapdragon 778G Plus 46
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Snapdragon 778G Plus
CPU 98570 166382
GPU 76840 177972
Memory 70017 106394
UX 94023 130486
Total score 339450 581234
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 72.73% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 778G Plus (950 vs 550 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus

  • Snapdragon 778G Plus has 21.95% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2500 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 778G Plus has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 778G Plus has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (6 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 778G Plus has 71.23% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (581 K vs 339 K ).
  • Snapdragon 778G Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Snapdragon 778G Plus 816

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Snapdragon 778G Plus 2971

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 16 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz FHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10 HDR10+, 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

66%
Turbo Clock Speed

2500 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

86%
Base Frequency

1900 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)
    3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)
    4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 2 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 6 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Adreno 642L
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 600
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 550 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 32 384
  • FLOPS - 845 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 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon 770
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 192MP
  • 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, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - X53
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.2
  • 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 778G Plus

CPU
33%
GPU
26%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%
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