Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 vs MediaTek Helio G85
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 680 and Helio G85 SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
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 Snapdragon 680
- Snapdragon 680 has 20.00% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G85 (2400 vs 2000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 has 11.40% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G85 (1114 vs 1000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 has 18.50% higher memory frequency than Helio G85 (2133 vs 1800 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 has 1.12 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G85 (252 K vs 249 K).
- Snapdragon 680 supports 26.77 % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 ( 17 vs 13.41 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 supports 30.00 % higher download speed than Helio G85 ( 390 vs 300 Mbps).
Pros of Helio G85
- Helio G85 has 100.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 ( 12 vs 6 nm).
- Helio G85 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 81097 | 67123 |
| GPU | 38425 | 61260 |
| Memory | 68438 | 42828 |
| UX | 63600 | 77565 |
| Total score | 251560 | 248776 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Score | 443 | 710 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 680 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400MHz | 2000MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L2 cache | - | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Mali-G52 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 610 | Bifrost 2 |
| GPU frequency | 1114 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 192 | 64 |
| FLOPS | - | 59 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 13.41 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X11 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed 5G | - | - |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 390 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | - | - |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2021 | April 2020 |
| Class | Mid-range | Mid range |
| Model number | SM6225 | MT6769Z |
| Official page | Snapdragon 680 official site | Helio G85 official site |