Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs MediaTek Helio G70

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, vs MediaTek Helio G70. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and MediaTek Helio G70
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 860
643690
MediaTek Helio G70
246700
CPU18931078346
GPU15562141559
Memory12153455019
UX17722571776
NanoReview Score643690246700
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
3456
MediaTek Helio G70
718
Stability97 %99 %
Graphics Test20 fps4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
988
MediaTek Helio G70
417
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
2560
MediaTek Helio G70
1345
File Compression115.2 MB/s69.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser67.6 pages/s38.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering89.4 MP/sec48.8 MP/sec
Background Blur7.65 frames/s3.2 frames/s
Photo Processing26.4 frames/s12.3 frames/s
Image Detection53.8 frames/s24.8 frames/s
HDR79.4 MP/sec44.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.58 MP/sec2.1 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 58 FPS (Ultra) 31 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS (Ultra) 30 FPS (Low)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Low) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 56 FPS (Ultra) 52 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS (Ultra) 52 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 56 FPS (Ultra) 53 FPS (High)
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro (1080x2400) Realme C3 (720x1600)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2960 2000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB 320 MB
L3 Cache 2 MB 1 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 6.7 billion 5.5 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 640 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 675 MHz 820 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 48
FLOPS 1036.8 GFLOPS 78.7 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 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 690 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.13 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x192 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1240 MB/s Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced April, 2019 yr January, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8150-AC MT6769V/CB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 the clear winner in this comparison.

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