Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs MediaTek Helio G96

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs MediaTek Helio G96. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 8 Gen 1
1169574
MediaTek Helio G96
381469
CPU315665123372
GPU42681870302
Memory19283489831
UX23425797964
NanoReview Score1169574381469
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
MediaTek Helio G96
1154
Graphics Test40 fps6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
MediaTek Helio G96
645
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
MediaTek Helio G96
1855
File Compression154.9 MB/s89.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s47.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec69.6 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s5.29 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s19.1 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s35.2 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec56.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec2.76 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 72 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 42 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) 26 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 58 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) 66 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) 23 FPS (Low)
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2050
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-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 512 32
Total shader 1024 64
FLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS 121.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 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 Hexagon MediaTek APU

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 3.1 - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 X65 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8450 MT6781

Results

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

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