Overview - Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 12
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 29
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 98570 635739
GPU 76840 1237734
Memory 70017 460296
UX 94023 457187
Total score 339450 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 15.79% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1100 vs 950 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 150.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (5333 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 75% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (3 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 722.20% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (2,791 K vs 339 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

51%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 32 768
  • FLOPS - 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 600 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 6.0
  • 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 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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