Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Vs Helio G96
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 56.10% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2050 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (4 vs 12 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 223.44% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (1,098 K vs 339 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Support 316.67% higher memory bandwidth then Helio G96 (2500 vs 600 MHz).
Pros of Mediatek Helio G96
- Helio G96 has 5.56% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (950 vs 900 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 243697 | 98570 |
| GPU | 478120 | 76840 |
| Memory | 191931 | 70017 |
| UX | 184166 | 94023 |
| Total score | 1097914 | 339450 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
76%
SD 8 Plus Gen 18%
Mediatek G96Score: 9875
| Stability | 69% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 6 FPS |
| Score | 9875 | 1086 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Mediatek Helio G96Display
| 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 |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | Up to 10-bit |
| Color Gamut | Rec2021 | Rec2020 |
CPU
92%
SD 8 Plus Gen 159%
Mediatek G96
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 12 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Mali G57 MC2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Execution units | - | 2 |
| Shading units | - | 32 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 2 x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 24 GB | 10 GB |
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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 10240 Mbps | - |
| Peak Upload speed | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | May 2022 | June 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Model number | - | MT6781 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site | Helio G96 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
70.5
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Helio G96
28.25
Review By TenzysTech
