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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > Helio G96 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 – specs and benchmarks

Helio G96 Vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Helio G96
VS
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Helio G96
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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G96
36
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96
25
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
68
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96
57
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96
39
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
84

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 MHz).
  • 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

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Helio G96
vs
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96
339450
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +281%
1276749
CPU 98570 270867
GPU 76840 567801
Memory 70017 239879
UX 94023 198202
Total score 339450 1276749

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
Helio G96
544
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +174%
1490
Multi-Core Score
Helio G96
1884
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +176%
5198
Image compression - 251.3 Mpixels/s
Face detection - 46.2 images/s
Speech recognition - 122.9 words/s
Machine learning - 114.1 images/s
Camera shooting - 51.7 images/s
HTML 5 - 5.81 Mnodes/s
SQLite - 1510 Mnodes/s

3DMark

8%
Mediatek G96
100%
SD 8 Gen 2
Score: 12967

Stability 99% -
Graphics test 6 FPS 81 FPS
Score 1086 12967

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Helio G96 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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

  CPU

59%
Mediatek G96
92%
SD 8 Gen 2
Frequency

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
Base Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 2050 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache - -
L2 cache - 1 MB
L3 cache - 8 MB
Process 12 4
Transistor count - -
TDP - 10 W

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

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5x
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - -
Max size 10 GB 24 GB

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

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
Helio G96
600
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
2500
5G (MB/s)
Helio G96
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
10000
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
Helio G96
150
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
316
5G (MB/s)
Helio G96
N/A
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3500
Modem - Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Peak Download speed - Up to 10000 Mbps
Peak Upload speed - Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date June 2021 November 2022
Class Mid-range Flagship
Model number MT6781 SM8550-AB
Official page Helio G96 official site Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site
Mediatek Helio G96
Mediatek Helio G96
CPU
65%
GPU
25%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

35.75


Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
98%
GPU
68%
Memory
49%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

63


Review By TenzysTech

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