Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888
913477
MediaTek Helio G99
422461
CPU244750131367
GPU30577971737
Memory162981100728
UX199967118629
NanoReview Score913477422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Stability63 %n/a
Graphics Test34 fps7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression160.7 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 37 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2840 2200
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB n/a
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion n/a
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 660 Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 32
Total shader 768 64
FLOPS 1290.2 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 780 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
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 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X60 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename SM8350 MT6789

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which smartphone would you pick?
4 (66.67%)
2 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 6

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