Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs MediaTek Helio G36

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and MediaTek Helio G36 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3300 MHz vs 2200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (64 Gbit/s vs 13.9 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2023 vs February 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
October 2023
Launch Date
February 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
Helio G36
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4 5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
12 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 750
GPU name
PowerVR GE8320
770 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.0435 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
8
-
Execution units
4
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2400 x 1080

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 7
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
64 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
13.9 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
No
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
UFS 4.0
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 30FPS
-
TDP
2.2 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +857%
Helio G36
229
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +735%
Helio G36
848
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +1127%
Helio G36
157549