MediaTek Helio G91 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G91, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G91 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 G91
276628
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU88936475806
GPU37692881311
Memory68557390065
UX81443335026
NanoReview Score2766282082208
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G91
429
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G91
1389
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compressionn/a293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a196.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a221.6 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a24.1 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a63.9 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a154.6 frames/s
HDRn/a217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2000 3210
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 6 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G52 MP2 Adreno 825
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 24 512
Total shader 48 1024
FLOPS 96 GFLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s 76.8 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 4.0
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 7 n/a
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 100 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced June, 2024 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename n/a SM8735

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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