Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs MediaTek Helio G85

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, vs MediaTek Helio G85. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and MediaTek Helio G85
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 870
819661
MediaTek Helio G85
263249
CPU23785675141
GPU28153541989
Memory12537367477
UX17489778642
NanoReview Score819661263249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
MediaTek Helio G85
743
Stability90 %n/a
Graphics Test25 fps4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
MediaTek Helio G85
413
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
MediaTek Helio G85
1332
File Compression148.4 MB/s75.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser85.5 pages/s38.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.5 MP/sec44.5 MP/sec
Background Blur10.8 frames/s3.05 frames/s
Photo Processing28.3 frames/s12.2 frames/s
Image Detection72.7 frames/s23.5 frames/s
HDR102.4 MP/sec43.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.18 MP/sec1.75 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) 45 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) 40 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite 27 FPS (Ultra) 21 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 102 FPS (Ultra) 49 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS (Ultra) 51 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 46 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 49 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 2000
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
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 650 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 670 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 48
FLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS 96 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 698 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 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
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 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 X55 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced January, 2021 yr April, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8250-AC MT6769Z

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 the clear winner in this comparison.

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