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Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) vs Mediatek Helio G100

Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (SD430) is a lower mainstream SoC for (Android based) smartphones and tablets. Contrary to the Snapdragon 630, it is still manufactured in a 28-nm process and also consists of an octa-core CPU part with ARM Cortex-A53 cores. However, they are only clocked at up to 1.4 GHz. The integrated X6 LTE modem supports Cat. 4 with maximum transfer rates of 150 Mbps (downstream) and 75 Mbps (upstream). The SoC also includes an Adreno 505 GPU with support for Vulkan and OpenGL ES 3.1. WiFi 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.1 are supported as well. The memory controller supports LPDDR3 clocked at 800 MHz (so probably dual-channel DDRL-1600). 

Mediatek Helio G100

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The MediaTek Helio G100 is an entry level ARM SoC (system-on-a-chip) that can be used in both smartphones and tablets (mainly Android). Technically comparable to the older Mediatek Helio G99 but with support for up to 200 MP main cameras.

The SoC integrates two ARM Cortex-A76 cores with up to 2.2 GHz for demanding tasks and six small ARM Cortex-A55 cores with up to 2 GHz clock speed in a power-saving cluster.

The integrated 4G LTE modem supports Cat-13 (400 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload). Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac) is also on board. The memory controller supports LPDDR4x RAM with up to 4266 MHz.

A maximum of UFS 2.2 memory can be used for mass storage.

The MediaTek Helio G100 is manufactured using the 6nm process.

ModelQualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937)Mediatek Helio G100
CodenameCortex-A53Cortex-A76 / A55
SeriesQualcomm SnapdragonMediatek Mediatek Helio G
Series: Mediatek Helio G Cortex-A76 / A55
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 compare2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 compare2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 compare1.8 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 compare2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 compare1.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 compare1.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 compare1.7 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 610 MSM8936 compare1.7 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) « 1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 MSM8929 compare1.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 (MSM8917) compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A53
Mediatek Helio G100 « 2 - 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55
Mediatek Helio G99 compare2 - 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55
Mediatek Helio G96 compare2 - 2.05 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55
Mediatek Helio G95 compare2 - 2.05 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55
Mediatek Helio G90T compare2.05 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A76 / A55
Clock1400 MHz2000 - 2200 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
2 x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A76
6 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology28 nm6 nm
FeaturesAdreno 505 GPU, 802.11ac WLAN, Bluetooth 4.1, LTE Cat. 4, Dual-Channel LPDDR3-1600 Memory Controller2x Cortex-A76, 6x Cortex-A55, 4G LTE Cat-12/13, 64MP AI-Camera support, LPDDR3/LPDDR4x-2133, eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, Beidou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac), AI Accelerator up to 1 TMACs, H.264 / H.265 / HEVC video encoding (4k30)
iGPUQualcomm Adreno 505ARM Mali-G57 MP2
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.comwww.mediatek.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 430 +
min: 8253     avg: 9093     median: 9045 (7%)     max: 10364 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
430 +
min: 1064     avg: 1195     median: 1193.5 (11%)     max: 1338 Points
3668 Points (34%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 430 +
min: 1072     avg: 1195     median: 1200.5 (14%)     max: 1333 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
min: 691     avg: 715     median: 725 (18%)     max: 728 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
min: 1661     avg: 1852     median: 1922 (7%)     max: 1973 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 544     avg: 545     median: 544.5 (21%)     max: 545 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 1749     avg: 1751     median: 1750.5 (3%)     max: 1752 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
430 +
min: 619     avg: 657     median: 658.5 (7%)     max: 685 Points
2659 Points (27%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
430 +
min: 2222     avg: 2553     median: 2552.5 (3%)     max: 2889 Points
7673 Points (8%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 430 +
min: 613     avg: 629     median: 628.5 (7%)     max: 644 Points
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 430 +
min: 1706     avg: 1896     median: 1895.5 (2%)     max: 2085 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
430 +
min: 10396     avg: 12677     median: 13194 (15%)     max: 14709 ms
1775 ms (2%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
430 +
min: 2604     avg: 3194     median: 3293.5 (2%)     max: 3438 Points
min: 20806     avg: 22164     median: 22164 (16%)     max: 23522 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
83 Points (23%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 430 +
min: 24     avg: 41.7     median: 29 (5%)     max: 72 Points
AnTuTu v6 - AnTuTu v6 Total Score
100%
1 430 +
min: 42798     avg: 45027     median: 44963.5 (15%)     max: 47066 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
100%
1 430 +
min: 3999     avg: 4992     median: 4792 (15%)     max: 6830 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
100%
1 430 +
min: 14313     avg: 16454     median: 16194 (20%)     max: 17949 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
100%
1 430 +
min: 8556     avg: 9082     median: 9083 (3%)     max: 9583 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
100%
1 430 +
min: 14989     avg: 26579     median: 27811 (17%)     max: 28218 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
100%
1 430 +
min: 44992     avg: 56835     median: 58282 (10%)     max: 59990 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 Total Score
min: 426180     avg: 432732     median: 432732 (14%)     max: 439283 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 CPU
min: 130838     avg: 134927     median: 134926 (4%)     max: 139015 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work 2.0 Battery Life
100%
1 430 +
917 min (17%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
100%
1 430 +
1783 Points (9%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
100%
1 430 +
3256 Points (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
100%
1 430 +
min: 3408     avg: 3668     median: 3636 (24%)     max: 3892 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
100%
1 430 +
min: 3347     avg: 4577     median: 4689 (23%)     max: 5290 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 10703     avg: 10713     median: 10713 (39%)     max: 10723 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
581 Points (22%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
2.6 Watt (1%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
1 Watt (1%)

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 (MSM8937) → 100% n=5

Average Benchmarks Mediatek Helio G100 → 486% n=5

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)