Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 vs MediaTek Helio G96

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3, vs MediaTek Helio G96. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and MediaTek Helio G96
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1411268
MediaTek Helio G96
381469
CPU368941123372
GPU48567670302
Memory31491189831
UX24174097964
NanoReview Score1411268381469
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
MediaTek Helio G96
1154
Graphics Test64 fps6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
MediaTek Helio G96
645
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
MediaTek Helio G96
1855
File Compression212.4 MB/s89.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser154 pages/s47.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering181.3 MP/sec69.6 MP/sec
Background Blur16.7 frames/s5.29 frames/s
Photo Processing45.7 frames/s19.1 frames/s
Image Detection117.4 frames/s35.2 frames/s
HDR156.1 MP/sec56.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.53 MP/sec2.76 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 72 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 42 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 58 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 66 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 5.5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 732 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 950 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 768 64
FLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS 121.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 10 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Mid-range
Codename SM7675-AB MT6781

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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