Overview - Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Helio G37

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 Plus Gen 1 49
Helio G37 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 51
Helio G37 8
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 86
Helio G37 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 62
Helio G37 26
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 39.13% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G37 (3200 vs 2300 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 32.35% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G37 (900 vs 680 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (3200 vs 1600 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (4 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 690.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (1,098 K vs 139 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G37.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 268.35% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (51.2 vs 13.9 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 733.33% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (2500 vs 300 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 1311
Helio G37 914

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 4117
Helio G37 178

3DMark

Stability 69%

Graphics test 59 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+ -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2021 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

61%
Turbo Clock Speed

2300 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 2 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 - -
  • L3 cache 6 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 900 MHz 680 MHz
  • Execution units - 2
  • Shading units - 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

Memory frequency

3200 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

1600 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

51.2 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

13.9 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

24 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

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

4G Speed
  • 2500 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 316 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 300 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • 10240 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.3 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 Plus Gen 1

CPU
49%
GPU
51%
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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