Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and MediaTek Helio G99
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 G99
422461
CPU436420131367
GPU87067971737
Memory392296100728
UX352620118629
NanoReview Score2052015422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
14979
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test89 fps7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2193
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7304
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression288.3 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser198.1 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering227.4 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur26.7 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing64.9 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection174.5 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR238.2 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.38 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 144 FPS (Ultra) 37 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 60 FPS (Ultra) 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 144 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi 14 Pro Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3300 2200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 6 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-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 770 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 1536 64
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 128 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 Hexagon Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 12 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
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
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
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 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 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced October, 2023 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC MT6789

Results

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

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
16 (88.89%)
2 (11.11%)
Total Votes: 18

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