Mediatek Helio G88 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Helio G88 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Helio G88
- Helio G88 has 200.00% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (12 vs 4 nm).
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 65.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Helio G88 ( 3300 vs 2000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has -23.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Helio G88 ( 770 vs 1000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 166.67 % higher memory frequency than Helio G88 ( 4800 vs 1800 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 922.27 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G88 ( 2109 K vs 206 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G88 .
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Support 474.20 % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G88 ( 77 vs 13.41 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 69667 | 495720 |
| GPU | 47988 | 914123 |
| Memory | 44409 | 361002 |
| UX | 44272 | 338475 |
| Total score | 206336 | 2109320 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
| Score | 723 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio G88 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 2260MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2000MHz | 3300MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Process | 12 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G52 MC2 | Adreno 750 |
| Architecture | Bifrost | Adreno 700 |
| GPU frequency | 1000 MHz | 770 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 32 | - |
| Total shaders | 64 | - |
| FLOPS | 62 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 13.41 Gbit/s | 77 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 2K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 2K at 30FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | - | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 300 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 100 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | June 2021 | October 2023 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6769H | SM8650-AB |
| Official page | Helio G88 official site | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site |