Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Helio G81

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, vs MediaTek Helio G81. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and MediaTek Helio G81
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 8s Gen 3
1481667
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
CPU38142377856
GPU50913535328
Memory33835264438
UX25275781084
NanoReview Score1481667258706
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
11205
MediaTek Helio G81
n/a
Graphics Test67 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
File Compression228.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser163 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering195.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur18 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing52.1 frames/sn/a
Image Detection125.2 frames/sn/a
HDR176.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing5.98 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3000 2000
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB n/a
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 7.5 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 735 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 3 2
Shader Units 256 24
Total shader 768 48
FLOPS 1689.6 GFLOPS 96 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 13.41 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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
- eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 5G n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 n/a
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 6500 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2024 yr August, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8635 MT6769J

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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