Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs MediaTek Helio G96. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  6 1
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 MediaTek Helio G90
• 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
  1.80 GHz 2.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.96 GHz 2.05 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.42 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  1x Kryo 485 Prime 2x Cortex-A76
• B core
  3x Kryo 485 Gold 6x Cortex-A55
• 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
  Qualcomm Adreno 640 ARM Mali-G57 MP2
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz 0.90 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.68 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  4 2
• Shader
  384 32
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  5 Vallhall 1
• DirectX Version
  12.0 12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2019 Q2/2020

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 Decode
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G96 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and MediaTek Helio G96 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, 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
  Kryo 485 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  7 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2021
• Part Number
  SM8150-AC --