MediaTek Helio G96 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
2050 MHz
3000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
12 nm
4 nm
TDP
5 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 cache
-
1 MB
L3 cache
-
8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
Adreno 735
GPU frequency
950 MHz
1100 MHz
Execution units
2
2
Shading units
64
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.3
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
DirectX version
12
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17.1 Gbit/s
67.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 650 Mbps
Up to 6500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.2
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
AI
NPU
-
Hexagon
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
388,043
1,490,645
FP32 (float)
243
1,689
Geekbench 6
-
2,019
Geekbench 6
-
5,570