Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 vs MediaTek Helio G81

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2, vs MediaTek Helio G81. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and MediaTek Helio G81
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 7s Gen 2
609002
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
CPU19038877856
GPU11792935328
Memory15659364438
UX14379281084
NanoReview Score609002258706
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
3018
MediaTek Helio G81
n/a
Stability98 %n/a
Graphics Test18 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
1012
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
2943
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
File Compression159.9 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser73.3 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/secn/a
Background Blur9.56 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing26.5 frames/sn/a
Image Detection56.1 frames/sn/a
HDR96.2 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.33 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 2000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 256 48
FLOPS 481.3 GFLOPS 96 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 n/a
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr August, 2024 yr
Class Mid-range Low end
Codename SM7435-AB MT6769J

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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