Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Mediatek Helio G90T

We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Helio G90T 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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 46.34% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G90T (3000 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G90T (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 257.49 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G90T (1037 K vs 290 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G90T.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G90T ( 51.2 vs 0 MHz).
Pros of Helio G90T
  • Helio G90T has 200.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 12 vs 4 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 98285
GPU 448381 80267
Memory 172528 55541
UX 166045 55908
Total score 1036722 290001

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 88% 87%
Graphics test 54 FPS 7 FPS
Score 9041 1315

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 2050MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache 1 MB -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G76 MC4
Architecture Adreno 700 Bifrost
GPU frequency 800 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 768 64
Total shaders 1536 128
FLOPS - 184 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.1
OpenCL version 2 2.0
DirectX version 12 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 0 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2021 July 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM8450 MT6785V/CC
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site Helio G90T official site