Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Helio G37

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 8 Gen 1 46
Helio G37 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 48
Helio G37 8
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
Helio G37 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 60
Helio G37 26
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Helio G37
CPU 249768 37521
GPU 448381 27112
Memory 172528 33579
UX 166045 40621
Total score 1036722 138833
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 30.43% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G37 (3000 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 17.65% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G37 (800 vs 680 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (3200 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (4 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 646.74% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (1,037 K vs 139 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G37.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 268.35% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (51.2 vs 13.9 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 753.33% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (2560 vs 300 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
Helio G37 914

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
Helio G37 178

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
Helio G37

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
Helio G37

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
Helio G37

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
Helio G37

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
Helio G37

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
Helio G37

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
Helio G37

3DMark

Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz Full HD+ @90 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2400 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
    4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 2.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 IMG PowerVR GE8320
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Rogue
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz 680 MHz
  • Execution units 3 2
  • Shading units 768 64
  • FLOPS - 56 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 1.2
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon No
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2400 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 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 8 Gen 1

CPU
46%
GPU
48%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

MediaTek Helio G37

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