MediaTek Helio G36 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

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MediaTek Helio G36

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz MediaTek Helio G36 vs. 6 cores 1800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Helio G36 Advantages

Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 1800MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 28nm)

Lower TDP (2.2W vs 9W)

Released 7 years late

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.1536 TFLOPS vs 0.0435 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (14.9GB/s vs 13.9GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Helio G36

229

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 +27%

291

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Helio G36 +13%

848

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

750

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Helio G36

43

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 +255%

153

MediaTek Helio G36

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

CPU

4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53

Architecture

2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53

2200 MHz

Frequency

1800 MHz

8

Cores

6

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

-

L2 cache

256 KB

12 nm

Process

28 nm

-

Transistor count

1

2.2 W

TDP

9 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

PowerVR GE8320

GPU name

Adreno 510

680 MHz

GPU frequency

600 MHz

4

Execution units

1

8

Shading units

128

8

Max size

4

0.0435 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.1536 TFLOPS

1.1

Vulkan version

1.0

1.2

OpenCL version

2.0

-

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR3

1600 MHz

Memory frequency

933 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

13.9 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

No

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon V56

eMMC 5.1

Storage type

eMMC 5.1

2400 x 1080

Max display resolution

2560 x 1600

1x 50MP, 2x 13MP

Max camera resolution

1x 21MP, 2x 13MP

1K at 30FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

1080p at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X8

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 7

4G support

LTE Cat. 7

No

5G support

No

Up to 300 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 300 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 100 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

5

5.0

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Feb 2022

Announced

Feb 2015

Low end

Class

Mid range

-

Model number

MSM8956

MediaTek Helio G36

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

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