Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 vs Mediatek Helio G88
We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Snapdragon 680 vs Helio G88 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 Snapdragon 680
- Snapdragon 680 has 20.00% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G88 (2400 vs 2000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 has 11.40% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G88 (1114 vs 1000 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 has 18.50% higher memory frequency than Helio G88 (2133 vs 1800 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 has 21.92 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G88 (252 K vs 206 K).
- Snapdragon 680 supports 26.77 % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G88 ( 17 vs 13.41 MHz).
- Snapdragon 680 supports 30.00 % higher download speed than Helio G88 ( 390 vs 300 Mbps).
Pros of Helio G88
- Helio G88 has 100.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 ( 12 vs 6 nm).
- Helio G88 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680 .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 81097 | 69667 |
| GPU | 38425 | 47988 |
| Memory | 68438 | 44409 |
| UX | 63600 | 44272 |
| Total score | 251560 | 206336 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Score | 443 | 723 |
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) | - | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Mali-G52 MC2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 610 | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 1114 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 192 | 64 |
| FLOPS | - | 62 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Yes |
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 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 64MP, 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 | June 2021 |
| Class | Mid-range | Mid range |
| Model number | SM6225 | MT6769H |
| Official page | Snapdragon 680 official site | Helio G88 official site |