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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 13
Helio G96 17
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 8
Helio G96 12
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Helio G96 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 33
Helio G96 29
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680 Helio G96
CPU 81097 98570
GPU 38425 76840
Memory 68438 70017
UX 63600 94023
Total score 251560 339450
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

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

51%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

49%
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 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 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

  • Modem X11 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support No No
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 390 Mbps 600 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - -
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 150 Mbps
  • 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
13%
GPU
8%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Mediatek Helio G96

CPU
17%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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