Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) vs Mediatek Helio G99
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998)
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform (MSM8998) is a high-end SoC for smartphones (mostly Android based) that was released early 2017. Its one of the first processors that is manufactured in 10 nm (LPE FinFET at Samsung). The SD835 is the successor to the Snapdragon 821.
It integrates 4x Kryo 280 at 2.45 GHz (max) for performance and 4x Kryo 280 at 1.9 GHz (max) for efficiency. Furthermore offers an X16 LTE modem, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad WiFi, a dual-channel 32-Bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller, an UFS 2.1 controller, Hexagon 682 DSP, Spectra 180 Image Seonsor Prozessor, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, GLONASS, Baeidou, Galileo Satellite Support.
Mediatek Helio G99
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The Mediatek Helio G99 is a mainstream ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based) that was introduced in 2022. It is manufactured in a 6 nm FinFET process and is equipped with 2x big ARM Cortex-A76 cores with up to 2.2 GHz and 6x small and power efficient ARM Cortex-A55 cores (max. 2 GHz) in two clusters (bigLITTLE). The chip integrates an ARM Mali-G57 MC2 (two cores). Compared to the older Helio G96, the G99 is manufactured in the more recent 6nm process and clocks higher.
Furthermore, the integrated LTE / 4G modem supports Cat-13 download speeds. Wi-Fi 5 is also integrated (a/b/g/n/ac). The memory controller supportsLPDDR4x with up to 4,266 Mbps.
Model | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) | Mediatek Helio G99 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Kryo 280 | Cortex-A76 / A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Mediatek Mediatek Helio G | ||||||||||||||||||||
Clock | 2450 MHz | 2000 - 2200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 2 x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 6 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Transistors | >3000 Million | |||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 10 nm | 6 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||
Features | X16 LTE Modem, Adreno 540 GPU, Hexagon DSP, Spectra 180 Camera, Aqstic Audio, IZat Location, Haven Security | 2x 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | Qualcomm Adreno 540 ( - 710 MHz) | ARM Mali-G57 MP2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | ARM | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | www.mediatek.com | ||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Mediatek Helio G Cortex-A76 / A55 |
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Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (8998) → 100% n=15
Average Benchmarks Mediatek Helio G99 → 133% n=15

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation