Overview - Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Vs Helio G85

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs Helio G85 SoCs by Qualcomm and Mediatek 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
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 22
Helio G85 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 16
Helio G85 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 79
Helio G85 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 39
Helio G85 27
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Helio G85
CPU 114597 67123
GPU 93082 61260
Memory 68776 42828
UX 111637 77565
Total score 388092 248776
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 18.50% higher memory frequency than Helio G85 (2133 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G85 (6 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 has 56.00% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G85 (388 K vs 249 K).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Support 26.77% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 (17 vs 13.41 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Support 166.67% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 (800 vs 300 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Helio G85

  • Helio G85 has 21.21% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1000 vs 825 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 620
Helio G85 361

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 1835
Helio G85 1279

Image compression

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 81.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 11.9

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 24.2

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 18.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 9.26

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 1.55

SQLite

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
Helio G85 413.5

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 4 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set - ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619 Mali-G52 MP2
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2
  • GPU frequency 825 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 4 2
  • Shading units - 32
  • FLOPS - 59 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X51 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

MediaTek Helio G85

CPU
14%
GPU
10%
Memory
21%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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