Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 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 845
455674
MediaTek Helio G99
422461
CPU134774131367
GPU13767871737
Memory81181100728
UX102041118629
NanoReview Score455674422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
1663
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Stability94 %n/a
Graphics Test9 fps7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
564
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
2074
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression104.1 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser68.5 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering74.9 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur6.01 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing20.5 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection18.1 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR71.5 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.02 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 53 FPS (Ultra) 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 55 FPS (High) 37 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 28 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 48 FPS (High) 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 56 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device Xiaomi Pocophone F1 (1080x2246) Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 4/2.8 (Kryo 385 Gold Cortex-A75)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo 385 Silver Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2800 2200
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 256 MB n/a
L3 Cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 10 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 3 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 9 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 630 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 710 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 2 2
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 512 64
FLOPS 727 GFLOPS 128 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 685 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X20 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 1200 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2017 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SDM845 MT6789

Results

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