MediaTek Helio G81 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G81, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G81 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
963578
CPU77856266610
GPU35328304681
Memory64438174498
UX81084217789
NanoReview Score258706963578
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Helio G81
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
5462
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Testn/a32 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
1550
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
3887
File Compressionn/a169.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a106.3 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a140.4 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a14.2 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a36.2 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a87.3 frames/s
HDRn/a122.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a4.56 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 2995
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache n/a 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G52 MP2 Adreno 660
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 840 MHz
Execution Units 2 3
Shader Units 24 256
Total shader 48 768
FLOPS 96 GFLOPS 1290.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Hexagon 780

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a X60
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 22
5G Support No Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2024 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MT6769J SM8350-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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