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MediaTek Helio G37
Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Helio G37

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 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 680 16
Helio G37 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Helio G37 8
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Helio G37 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Helio G37 26
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 4.35% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G37 (2400 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 63.82% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G37 (1114 vs 680 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (2133 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (6 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 81.20% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (252 K vs 139 K).
  • Snapdragon 680 Support 22.30% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (17 vs 13.9 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 Support 30.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (390 vs 300 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Helio G37

  • Helio G37 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Helio G37 914

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Helio G37 178

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
    4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 2.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 IMG PowerVR GE8320
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Rogue
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 680 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 64
  • FLOPS - 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

17 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 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 No
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 390 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 X11 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

CPU
16%
GPU
10%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

MediaTek Helio G37

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