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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Helio G96

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Helio G96 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 G96 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 10
Helio G96 15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Helio G96 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 35
Helio G96 31
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

  • Snapdragon 680 has 17.07% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (2400 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 17.26% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1114 vs 950 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 680 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (6 vs 12 nm).

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 34.94% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (339 K vs 252 K ).
  • Helio G96 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Helio G96 544

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Helio G96 1884

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

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

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
    2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Mali G57 MC2
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 96 32
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

17 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

-
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

10 GB

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

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 390 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 600 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. 13
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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 G96

CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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