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MediaTek Helio G37
Overview - Snapdragon 690 Vs Helio G37

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 690 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 690 22
Helio G37 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 690 15
Helio G37 8
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 690 71
Helio G37 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 690 36
Helio G37 26
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 690 Helio G37
CPU 110385 37521
GPU 76645 27112
Memory 63724 33579
UX 94636 40621
Total score 345390 138833
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 690

  • Snapdragon 690 has 39.71% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G37 (950 vs 680 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 690 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (2133 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 690 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (8 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 690 has 148.78% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (345 K vs 139 K).
  • Snapdragon 690 Support 7.19% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (14.9 vs 13.9 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 690 Support 300.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (1200 vs 300 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Helio G37

  • Helio G37 has 15% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 690 (2300 vs 2000 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 690 607
Helio G37 914

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 690 1852
Helio G37 178

Image compression

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Snapdragon 690 111.3
Helio G37

Face detection

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Snapdragon 690 16.9
Helio G37

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 690 28.8
Helio G37

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 690 26.7
Helio G37

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 690 15.9
Helio G37

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 690 2.25
Helio G37

SQLite

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Snapdragon 690 579.5
Helio G37

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 4 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz Full HD+ @90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max External Display QHD @ 60Hz -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

77%
Base Frequency

1700 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55)
    4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 8 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 6 W 2.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619L IMG PowerVR GE8320
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Rogue
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 680 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 128 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 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 692 No
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0 eMMC 5.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2400 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP 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, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X51 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support Yes 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 690

CPU
22%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
71%

MediaTek Helio G37

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