Mediatek Helio G99 vs Samsung Exynos 1480
We’ve crafted a detailed comparison between the recently launched Helio G99 and Exynos 1480 SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Samsung respectively. Our assessment weighs the benefits and drawbacks of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, as well as their full 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 G99
- Helio G99 has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Exynos 1480 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
Pros of Exynos 1480
- Exynos 1480 has 25.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Helio G99 ( 2750 vs 2200 MHz).
- Exynos 1480 has 30.00 % higher GPU clock speed than Helio G99 ( 1300 vs 1000 MHz).
- Exynos 1480 has 33.33 % smaller sized transistor than Helio G99 ( 4 vs 6 nm).
- Exynos 1480 has 89.69 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G99 ( 722 K vs 380 K).
- Exynos 1480 Support 199.42 % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G99 ( 51.2 vs 17.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 103357 | 239966 |
| GPU | 86376 | 172430 |
| Memory | 89007 | 149766 |
| UX | 101683 | 159472 |
| Total score | 380423 | 721634 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Score | 1362 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Helio G99 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2200MHz | 2750MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G57 MC2 | - |
| Architecture | Valhall | - |
| GPU frequency | 1000 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | - |
| Shading units | 32 | - |
| Total shaders | 64 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 17.1 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 10 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 2K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 2K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | - | - |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | - | - |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | May 2022 | March 2024 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | - | - |
| Official page | Helio G99 official site | Exynos 1480 official site |