Overview - Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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 8 Gen 2 57
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 68
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU 98570 270867
GPU 76840 567801
Memory 70017 239879
UX 94023 198202
Total score 339450 1276749
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 56.1% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 3.16% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (980 vs 950 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (4 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 276.12% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (1,277 K vs 339 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198

Image compression

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3

Face detection

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2

Speech recognition

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9

Machine learning

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1

Camera shooting

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7

HTML 5

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81

SQLite

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Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR HDR10 HDR Vivid, 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

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 1 MB
  • L3 cache - 8 MB
  • Process 12 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Adreno 740
  • Architecture Valhall Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 980 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 32 -
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - -
  • Max Size 10 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5x
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1 x 200 MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 X70
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • 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 8 Gen 2

CPU
57%
GPU
60%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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