Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Mediatek Helio G90T

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Helio G90T SoCs, manufactured by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their technical specifications.

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 Plus Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 56.10% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G90T (3200 vs 2050 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 12.50% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G90T (900 vs 800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Helio G90T (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 278.59 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G90T (1098 K vs 290 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G90T.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 Plus 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 243697 98285
GPU 478120 80267
Memory 191931 55541
UX 184166 55908
Total score 1097914 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 69% 87%
Graphics test 59 FPS 7 FPS
Score 9875 1315

Specifications

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

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2050MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 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 900 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines - 4
Shading units - 64
Total shaders - 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 2500 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed 5G - -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced May 2022 July 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - MT6785V/CC
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Helio G90T official site