Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs MediaTek Helio G37

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4), vs MediaTek Helio G37. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and MediaTek Helio G37
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 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
MediaTek Helio G37
152974
CPU60248157859
GPU116588018015
Memory53420939028
UX44217138072
NanoReview Score2744741152974
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
MediaTek Helio G37
n/a
Graphics Test143 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
MediaTek Helio G37
205
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
MediaTek Helio G37
911
File Compression382.4 MB/s64.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s30.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec40.3 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s1.01 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s7.2 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s11.4 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec31.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec1.86 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 4320 2300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 24 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 2.2 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 PowerVR GE8320
Architecture Adreno 800 PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 512 8
Total shader 1536 32
FLOPS 3379.2 GFLOPS 43.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
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 No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 13.9 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
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 2400x1080 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x50 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr June, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8750-AB MT6765H

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) the clear winner in this comparison.

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