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MediaTek Helio G85
Overview - Snapdragon 678 Vs Helio G85

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 678 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 678 19
Helio G85 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 678 12
Helio G85 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 678 61
Helio G85 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 678 31
Helio G85 27
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 678 Helio G85
CPU 101216 67123
GPU 51346 61260
Memory 48181 42828
UX 82701 77565
Total score 283444 248776
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

  • Snapdragon 678 has 10.00% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G85 (2200 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 18.50% higher memory frequency than Helio G85 (2133 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 8.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G85 (11 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 678 has 13.94% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G85 (283 K vs 249 K).
  • Snapdragon 678 Support 11.11% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 (14.9 vs 13.41 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 678 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 (600 vs 300 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Helio G85

  • Helio G85 has 18.34% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 678 (1000 vs 845 MHz).
  • Helio G85 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 678.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 529
Helio G85 361

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 678 1536
Helio G85 1279

Image compression

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Snapdragon 678 102.2
Helio G85 81.2

Face detection

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Snapdragon 678 14.5
Helio G85 11.9

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 678 27.8
Helio G85 24.2

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 678 23.7
Helio G85 18.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 678 13.7
Helio G85 9.26

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 678 2.05
Helio G85 1.55

SQLite

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Snapdragon 678 527.2
Helio G85 413.5

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 4 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 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

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 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)
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • 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 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 612 Mali-G52 MP2
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2
  • GPU frequency 845 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 32
  • FLOPS 354 Gigaflops 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 14.9 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 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 Neural Engine
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • 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
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 G85

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