MediaTek Helio G96 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

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MediaTek Helio G96

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2050MHz MediaTek Helio G96 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 G96 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.243 TFLOPS vs 0.1536 TFLOPS )

Larger memory bandwidth (17.1GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)

Higher Frequency (2050MHz vs 1800MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (12nm vs 28nm)

Lower TDP (5W vs 9W)

Released 6 years and 4 months late

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

MediaTek Helio G96 +123%

651

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

291

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

MediaTek Helio G96 +148%

1860

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

750

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Helio G96 +58%

243

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

153

MediaTek Helio G96

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

CPU

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

Architecture

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

2050 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

5 W

TDP

9 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Mali-G57 MP2

GPU name

Adreno 510

950 MHz

GPU frequency

600 MHz

2

Execution units

1

64

Shading units

128

10

Max size

4

0.243 TFLOPS

FLOPS

0.1536 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 16 Bit

17.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon V56

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2

Storage type

eMMC 5.1

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

2560 x 1600

1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 21MP, 2x 13MP

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, H.265, VP8

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

X8

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 13

4G support

LTE Cat. 7

No

5G support

No

Up to 650 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 300 Mbps

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 100 Mbps

5

Wi-Fi

5

5.2

Bluetooth

4.1

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Jun 2021

Announced

Feb 2015

Mid range

Class

Mid range

MT6781

Model number

MSM8956

MediaTek Helio G96

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 650

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