Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Mediatek Helio G99

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Helio G99 SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and 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 45.45% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G99 (3200 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has -10.00% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G99 (900 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G99 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 188.60 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G99 (1098 K vs 380 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G99.
  • Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 199.42 % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G99 ( 51.2 vs 17.1 MHz).
Pros of Helio G99
  • Helio G99 has 33.31 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 4266 vs 3200 MHz).

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 103357
GPU 478120 86376
Memory 191931 89007
UX 184166 101683
Total score 1097914 380423

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% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 8 FPS
Score 9875 1362

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 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Base Frequency 2000MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3200MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - -
L2 cache - -
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count - -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - -

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Adreno 700 Valhall
GPU frequency 900 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines - 2
Shading units - 32
Total shaders - 64
FLOPS - -
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 4266 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K 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. 13
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps -
Download speed 4G Up to 2500 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G - -
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2022 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number - -
Official page Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site Helio G99 official site