Snapdragon 860 Vs Helio G37
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 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.
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 860
- Snapdragon 860 has 28.70% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G37 (2960 vs 2300 MHz).
- Snapdragon 860 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (2133 vs 1600 MHz).
- Snapdragon 860 has 41.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (7 vs 12 nm).
- Snapdragon 860 has 234.18% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (464 K vs 139 K).
- Snapdragon 860 Support 145.54% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (34.13 vs 13.9 MHz).
- Snapdragon 860 Support 566.67% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G37 (2000 vs 300 MHz).
Pros of MediaTek Helio G37
- Helio G37 has 0.74% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (680 vs 675 MHz).
- Helio G37 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 143028 | 37521 |
GPU | 179320 | 27112 |
Memory | 69420 | 33579 |
UX | 72190 | 40621 |
Total score | 463958 | 138833 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 142.85 Mpixels/s | - |
Face detection | 20.3 images/s | - |
Speech recognition | 44.55 words/s | - |
Machine learning | 46.35 images/s | - |
Camera shooting | 22.85 images/s | - |
HTML 5 | 1.65 Mnodes/s | - |
SQLite | 777.9 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
27%
SD 8600%
Helio G37Score: 3455
Stability | 98% | - |
Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
Score | 3455 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and MediaTek Helio G37Display
Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz | Full HD+ @90 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | QHD @ 60Hz | 2400 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | HDR10+ | - |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
78%
SD 86061%
Helio G37
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 2960 MHz | 2300 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | - | - |
L2 cache | - | - |
L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
Process | 7 nm | 12 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | 10 W | 2.2 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 640 | IMG PowerVR GE8320 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Rogue |
GPU frequency | 675 MHz | 680 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 2 |
Shading units | 384 | 64 |
FLOPS | 1037 Gigaflops | 56 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Bus | 4 x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 34.13 Gbit/s | 13.9 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | No |
Storage type | EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2400 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP |
Video capture | 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 | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | X24 LTE, X50 5G | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 7 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 5000 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | April 2019 | June 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Low end |
Model number | SM8150-AC | MT6765H |
Official page | Snapdragon 860 official site | Helio G37 official site |