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MediaTek Helio G37
Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Helio G37

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 vs Helio G37 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 678 19
Helio G37 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Helio G37 8
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Helio G37 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Helio G37 26
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

  • Snapdragon 678 has 24.26% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G37 (845 vs 680 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (2133 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 8.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (11 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 104.16% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (283 K vs 139 K).
  • Snapdragon 678 Support 7.19% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (14.9 vs 13.9 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (600 vs 300 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Helio G37

  • Helio G37 has 4.55% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (2300 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Helio G37 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Helio G37 914

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Helio G37 178

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Helio G37

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Helio G37

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Helio G37

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Helio G37

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Helio G37

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Helio G37

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Helio G37

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz Full HD+ @90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 16 KB -
  • L2 cache 0.256 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 11 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count 12 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W 2.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 IMG PowerVR GE8320
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Rogue
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 680 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 64
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 56 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 1.2
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

1600 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

13.9 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 685 No
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 1K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 1080p at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 600 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 300 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem X12 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

CPU
19%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
61%

MediaTek Helio G37

CPU
14%
GPU
8%
Memory
19%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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