Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs MediaTek Helio G96

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 and MediaTek Helio G96 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 6 nm (6 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2300 MHz (2300 MHz vs 2050 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: June 2024 (June 2024 vs June 2021)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 17.1 Gbit/s (17 Gbit/s vs 17.1 Gbit/s)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
June 2024
Launch Date
June 2021
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM6375-AC
Model Name
MT6781
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
12 nm
2300 MHz
Frequency
2050 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 619
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
-
GPU frequency
950 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.243 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
64
2
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
5.2
Bluetooth
5.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
17 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
17.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 108MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
UFS 2.2
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
4 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
929 +43%
Helio G96
651
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
2349 +26%
Helio G96
1860
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
471777 +19%
Helio G96
395804