Product Compare
MediaTek Helio G81 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 | 2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2342 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 4 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| Transistor count | 2 | |
| TDP | 11 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Mali-G52 MP2 | Adreno 530 |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 653 MHz |
| Shading units | 24 | 256 |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Execution units | 1 | |
| DirectX version | 11 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.41 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Yes | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 2K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 2K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 5G support | No | No |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Aug 2024 | Aug 2016 |
| Class | Low end | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8996 Pro-AC | |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 420 | 391 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 1391 | 797 |
| FP32 (float) | 91 | 334 |