Snapdragon 439 vs Helio G70

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 (with Adreno 505 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G70 (Mali-G52 MP2). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Helio G70
  • Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (14.4 against 6.4 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 64%) AnTuTu 11 score – 317K vs 193K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~26%)
  • Performs 26% better in floating-point computations

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Helio G70 +64%
317084
CPU 87322 119757
GPU 13521 36247
Memory 48106 55989
UX 44166 105091
Total score 193115 317084
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio G70 +110%
417
Multi-Core Score
Helio G70 +69%
1345
Asset compression 55.3 MB/sec 69.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 22.4 pages/sec 38.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 32.7 Mpixels/sec 48.8 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 9 images/sec 24.8 images/sec
HDR 23.4 Mpixels/sec 44.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.17 images/sec 3.2 images/sec
Photo processing 6.41 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.59 Mpixels/sec 2.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 76 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur - 1.59 images/sec
Face detection - 0.91 images/sec
Horizon detection - 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection - 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur - 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching - 2.94 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics - 137.8 FPS
API - OpenCL

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 181
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 6483
Video editing score - 5953
Data manipulation score - 6259
Photo editing score - 16482
Writing score - 8811

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 46 FPS
[Low]
31 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 31 FPS
[Low]
30 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite 21 FPS
[Low]
-
Shadowgun Legends 37 FPS
[Low]
52 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 32 FPS
[Ultra]
52 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 29 FPS
[Ultra]
53 FPS
[High]
Device - Realme C3
720 x 1600
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 439 and Helio G70

CPU

Architecture 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.45 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A
L2 cache - 320 KB
L3 cache - 1 MB
Process 12 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 5.5 billion 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 505 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 500 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 650 MHz 820 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 48 24
Total shaders 48 48
FLOPS 62.4 Gigaflops 78.7 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 11 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 536 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR3 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 800 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 1x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 6.4 Gb/s 14.4 Gb/s
Max size 5 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 1920 x 1200 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 21MP, 2x 8MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X6 -
4G support LTE Cat. 4 LTE Cat. 7
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 75 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced June 2018 January 2020
Class Low end Mid range
Model number SDM439 MT6769V/CB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 official site MediaTek Helio G70 official site

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