Snapdragon 860 Vs Helio G99
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 860 vs Helio G99 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 34.55% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G99 (2960 vs 2200 MHz).
- Snapdragon 860 has 21.96% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G99 (464 K vs 380 K).
- Snapdragon 860 Support 99.59% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G99 (34.13 vs 17.1 MHz).
Pros of Mediatek Helio G99
- Helio G99 has 48.15% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 860 (1000 vs 675 MHz).
- Helio G99 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 860 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
- Helio G99 has 14.29% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 860 (6 vs 7 nm).
- Helio G99 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 860.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 143028 | 103357 |
| GPU | 179320 | 86376 |
| Memory | 69420 | 89007 |
| UX | 72190 | 101683 |
| Total score | 463958 | 380423 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 142.85 Mpixels/s | 114.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 20.3 images/s | 14.3 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 44.55 words/s | 36.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 46.35 images/s | 30.2 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 22.85 images/s | 16.4 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.65 Mnodes/s | 1.73 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 777.9 Mnodes/s | 599.6 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
27%
SD 86011%
Helio G99Score: 3455
| Stability | 98% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Score | 3455 | 1362 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Mediatek Helio G99Display
| Max On-Device Display | FHD+ @ 120 Hz | Full HD+ @120 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | QHD @ 60Hz | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR10+ | - |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
78%
SD 86058%
Helio G99
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) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2960 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP | 10 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 640 | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 675 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 384 | 32 |
| FLOPS | 1037 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4 x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.13 Gbit/s | 17.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 10 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Yes |
| Storage type | EMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | 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 | X24 LTE, X50 5G | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 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 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | April 2019 | May 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | - |
| Official page | Snapdragon 860 official site | Helio G99 official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
38.25
Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Helio G99
28.5
Review By TenzysTech
