MediaTek Helio G96 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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SOC MediaTek Helio G96 MediaTek

SOC Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Qualcomm

CPU

Architecture

2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720

Frequency

2050 MHz

3200 MHz

Cores

Instruction set

ARMv8.2-A

ARMv9.2-A

Process

12 nm

4 nm

TDP

5 W

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Manufacturing

TSMC

L2 cache

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2.75 MB

L3 cache

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8 MB

Graphics

GPU name

Mali-G57 MP2

Adreno 825

GPU frequency

950 MHz

1150 MHz

Execution units

—

Shading units

—

Vulkan version

1.3

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OpenCL version

2.0

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DirectX version

—

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Memory frequency

2133 MHz

4800 MHz

Bus

2x 16 Bit

4x 16 Bit

Max bandwidth

17.1 Gbit/s

76.8 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

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Storage type

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2

UFS 4.0

Max display resolution

2520 x 1080

3840 x 2160

Max camera resolution

1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

1x 320MP

Video capture

2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Video playback

2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP9

- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support

LTE Cat. 13

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5G support

Yes

Download speed

Up to 650 Mbps

Up to 4200 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

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Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

6.0

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced

Jun 2021

Apr 2025

Class

Mid range

Flagship

Model number

MT6781

SM8735

Official page

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NPU

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Hexagon

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

388,043

2,186,467

FP32 (float)

243

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Geekbench 6

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2,159

Geekbench 6

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7,227

▲ Specs Compare Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.