Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Helio G81

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs MediaTek Helio G81. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 8 Gen 1
1169574
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
CPU31566577856
GPU42681835328
Memory19283464438
UX23425781084
NanoReview Score1169574258706
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
MediaTek Helio G81
n/a
Graphics Test40 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
File Compression154.9 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/secn/a
Background Blur13.8 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing36.3 frames/sn/a
Image Detection94 frames/sn/a
HDR122 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/secn/a

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2000
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 512 24
Total shader 1024 48
FLOPS 1675.3 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 Hexagon Yes

Memory

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

Multimedia

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

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr August, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8450 MT6769J

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 the clear winner in this comparison.

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