Qualcomm Snapdragon 650
vs
MediaTek Helio G81

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 and MediaTek Helio G81 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 12 nm (28 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2000 MHz (1800 MHz vs 2000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2024 (February 2015 vs August 2024)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
February 2015
Launch Date
August 2024
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
MSM8956
Model Name
Helio G81
2x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A72
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
28 nm
Technology
12 nm
1800 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
1
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Adreno 510
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
600 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
0.1536 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0912 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
24
1
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
2560 x 1600
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
11
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
-
No
5G support
No
4.1
Bluetooth
5.4
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

256 KB
L2 Cache
-
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
9 W
TDP
-
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Hexagon V56
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 650
291
Helio G81
412 +42%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 650
750
Helio G81
1363 +82%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 650
156 +68%
Helio G81
93