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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
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
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 98570 | 270867 |
| GPU | 76840 | 567801 |
| Memory | 70017 | 239879 |
| UX | 94023 | 198202 |
| Total score | 339450 | 1276749 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| 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 G96100%
SD 8 Gen 2Score: 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 2Display
| 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
54%
Mediatek G9685%
SD 8 Gen 2
Processor Speed (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 nm | 4 nm |
| 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)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| 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
29.5
Review By TenzysTech
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
50.75
Review By TenzysTech
