MediaTek Helio G96 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

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MediaTek Helio G96

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2050MHz MediaTek Helio G96 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

MediaTek Helio G96 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.243 TFLOPS vs 0.1248 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (17.1GB/s vs 7.5GB/s)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (5W vs 11W)

Released 4 years and 8 months late

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 Advantages

Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 2050MHz)

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Helio G96 +211%

651

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

209

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Helio G96 +103%

1860

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

916

MediaTek Helio G96

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

CPU

2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

8x 2.2 GHz – A53

2050 MHz

Frequency

2200 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

-

L2 cache

1 MB

12 nm

Process

14 nm

-

Transistor count

2

5 W

TDP

11 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G57 MP2

GPU name

Adreno 506

950 MHz

GPU frequency

650 MHz

2

Execution units

1

64

Shading units

96

10

Max size

8

0.243 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.1248 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

1.0

2.0

OpenCL version

2.0

12

DirectX version

11

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR3

2133 MHz

Memory frequency

933 MHz

2x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 32 Bit

17.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

7.5 GB/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon 546

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2

Storage type

eMMC 5.1

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 24MP

2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF

-

Modem

X9

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 13

4G support

LTE Cat. 13

No

5G support

No

Up to 650 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 300 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

4.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS

Info

Jun 2021

Announced

Oct 2016

Mid range

Class

Mid range

MT6781

Model number

MSM8953 Pro

MediaTek Helio G96

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 626

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