Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Mediatek Helio G80
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2021 and manufactured in 4 nm at Samsung. Integrates one “Prime Core” based on a ARM Cortex-X2 architecture clocked at up to 3 GHz. Three more performance cores are based on the Cortex-A710 but clocked up to 2.5 GHz. Furthermore, four energy saving cores are integrated that are based on the ARM Cortex-A510 architecture and clocked at up to 1.8 GHz. All cores can use the shared 6 MB level 3 cache.
Compared to the Snapdragon 888 (Plus), the CPU part gains 20% performance and 30% power savings according to Qualcomm. This means that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is the fastest CPU for Android based smartphones and should be positioned between the Apple A13 and A14 CPU.
The integrated AI Engine can offer up to 4x faster AI performance thanks to the bigger Tensor engine. The 18-Bit-Spectra-ISP also saw some big improvements and is now called Snapdragon Sight.
The integrated Adreno 730 offers a 30% graphics boost compared to the previous Adreno 660.
The integrated Snapdragon X65 5G modem is also new and offers faster transfer rates (up to 10 Gbps download and 3 Gbps upload). The FastConnect 6900 offers support for the current Wifi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2.
Mediatek Helio G80
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The Mediatek Helio G80 is a mainstream ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based) that was introduced in 2020. It is manufactured in a 12 nm FinFET process and integrates 8 CPU cores. Two fast ARM Cortex-A75 cores with up to 2 GHz for performance tasks and six small ARM Cortex-A55 with up to 1.8 GHz for efficiency. All eight cores can be used together thanks to Heterogeneous Multi-Processing support. The integrated GPU is a ARM Mali-G52 MC2 (MP2) with two clusters at up to 950 MHz. The SoC also integrates the HyperEngine that handles a dynamic management of CPU, GPU and memory.
The SoC integrates furthermore a LTE radio with Cat-7 (download) / Cat-13 (upload) support, Wifi 5 (ac), Bluetooth 5.0, LPDDR4x 1800 MHz and eMMC 5.1 storage.
| Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Mediatek Helio G80 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Cortex-X2 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) Waipio | Cortex-A75 / A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 | Mediatek Mediatek Helio G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Mediatek Helio G Cortex-A75 / A55 |
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| Clock | 1800 - 2995 MHz | 2000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 1 x 3.0 GHz ARM Cortex-X2 3 x 2.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A710 4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A510 | 8 / 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 4 nm | 12 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Adreno 730 GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X65 5G Modem, FastConnect 6900 WiFi, LPDDR5-6400 Memory Controller | 2x Cortex-A75, 6x Cortex-A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | Qualcomm Adreno 730 | ARM Mali-G52 MP2 ( - 950 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | ARM v9 | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | www.mediatek.com |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 → 100% n=25
Average Benchmarks Mediatek Helio G80 → 44% n=25
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
