Snapdragon 870 Vs Helio G37
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 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 870
- Snapdragon 870 has 39.13% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G37 (3200 vs 2300 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 71.88% higher memory frequency than Helio G37 (2750 vs 1600 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 has 41.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G37 (7 vs 12 nm).
- Snapdragon 870 has 363.95% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G37 (644 K vs 139 K).
- Snapdragon 870 Support 216.55% higher memory bandwidth then Helio G37 (44 vs 13.9 MHz).
- Snapdragon 870 Support 733.33% higher memory bandwidth then Helio G37 (2500 vs 300 MHz).
Pros of MediaTek Helio G37
- Helio G37 has 5.43% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 870 (680 vs 645 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 179347 | 37521 |
GPU | 270188 | 27112 |
Memory | 98761 | 33579 |
UX | 95818 | 40621 |
Total score | 644114 | 138833 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 180.6 Mpixels/s | - |
Face detection | 25.25 images/s | - |
Speech recognition | 54.7 words/s | - |
Machine learning | 56.95 images/s | - |
Camera shooting | 28 images/s | - |
HTML 5 | - | - |
SQLite | 989.1 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
33%
SD 8700%
Helio G37Score: 4258
Stability | 90% | - |
Graphics test | 25 FPS | - |
Score | 4258 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and MediaTek Helio G37Display
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+, HDR10 | - |
Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
Color Gamut | Rec2020 | - |
CPU
92%
SD 87066%
Helio G37
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
Cores | 8 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3200 MHz | 2300 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | 512 KB | - |
L2 cache | 1 MB | - |
L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
Process | 7 nm | 12 nm |
Transistor count | - | - |
TDP | 10 W | 2.2 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 650 | IMG PowerVR GE8320 |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Rogue |
GPU frequency | 645 MHz | 680 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 2 |
Shading units | 512 | 64 |
FLOPS | 1,267 Gigaflops | 56 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 1600 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 13.9 Gbit/s |
Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | No |
Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2400 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP |
Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 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 |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | X55 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 7 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | January 2021 | June 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Low end |
Model number | SM8250-ACSM8250-AC | MT6765H |
Official page | Snapdragon 870 official site | Helio G37 official site |