Product Compare
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Helio G96
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz – | 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | 2050 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 1792 KB | |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | |
| Process | 3 nm | 12 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| TDP | 5 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Adreno 840 | Mali-G57 MP2 |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Shading units | 512 | 64 |
| Execution units | 2 | |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 12 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | |
| Max bandwidth | 17.1 Gbit/s | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Download speed | Up to 650 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2025 | Jun 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SM8850 | MT6781 |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 3115282 | 388043 |
| FP32 (float) | 3686 | 243 |