Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Helio G81

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Helio G81. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 3
2052015
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
CPU43642077856
GPU87067935328
Memory39229664438
UX35262081084
NanoReview Score2052015258706
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
MediaTek Helio G81
n/a
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
File Compression288.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/secn/a
Background Blur26.7 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing64.9 frames/sn/a
Image Detection174.5 frames/sn/a
HDR238.2 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/secn/a

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 2000
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 750 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 1536 48
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 96 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 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 4.0
- UFS 4.1
- 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 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 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr August, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC MT6769J

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

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