MediaTek Helio G95 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 6
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio G90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860
• Predecessor
  -- Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.05 GHz 2.96 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.00 GHz 2.42 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 1x Kryo 485 Prime
• B core
  6x Cortex-A55 3x Kryo 485 Gold
• C core
  -- 4x Kryo 485 Silver

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G76 MP4 Qualcomm Adreno 640
• GPU frequency
  0.90 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.68 GHz
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  64 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Bifrost 3 5
• DirectX Version
  12 12.0
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2019

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and MediaTek Helio G95. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  10 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• PCIe version
  --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G95 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G95 and MediaTek Helio G95, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 Kryo 485
• Technology
  12 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q1/2021
• Part Number
  MT6785V/CD SM8150-AC