Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Helio G96

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 8 Gen 1 46
Helio G96 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 48
Helio G96 15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
Helio G96 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 60
Helio G96 31
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 46.34% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3000 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (4 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 205.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (1,037 K vs 339 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Support 326.67% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G96 (2560 vs 600 MHz).

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 18.75% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (950 vs 800 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
Helio G96 544

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
Helio G96 1884

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
Helio G96

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
Helio G96

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
Helio G96

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
Helio G96

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
Helio G96

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
Helio G96

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
Helio G96

3DMark

Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz FHD+ @ 120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 HDR10
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 Rec2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
    2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • 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 - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Mali G57 MC2
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 3 2
  • Shading units 768 32
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
  • OpenCL version 2 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

3200 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

51.2 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

-
memory-frequency

Max Size

24 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

10 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 2 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 2560 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 316 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 600 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • 10240 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 3072 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 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 8 Gen 1

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

Mediatek Helio G96

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