Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs MediaTek Helio G25

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs MediaTek Helio G25. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and MediaTek Helio G25
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 4
2082208
MediaTek Helio G25
125125
CPU47580650728
GPU88131116844
Memory39006528611
UX33502628942
NanoReview Score2082208125125
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
MediaTek Helio G25
185
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
MediaTek Helio G25
521
File Compression293.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/secn/a
Background Blur24.1 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing63.9 frames/sn/a
Image Detection154.6 frames/sn/a
HDR217.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3210 2000
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 2 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 825 PowerVR GE8320
Architecture Adreno 800 PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 512 8
Total shader 1024 32
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 41.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 1.2
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon No

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2400x1080 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x21 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr June, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename SM8735 MT6762G

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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