Snapdragon 460 vs Helio G80

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G80 (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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
  • Performs 68% better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 12 nm)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G80
  • Higher GPU frequency (~58%)
  • Shows better (up to 26%) AnTuTu 11 score – 318K vs 251K
  • 11% higher CPU clock speed (2000 vs 1800 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Helio G80 +26%
318039
CPU 109408 139627
GPU 21016 16620
Memory 60965 79612
UX 60039 82180
Total score 251428 318039
Samples Less than 3 [27 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio G80 +49%
406
Multi-Core Score
Helio G80 +47%
1456
Asset compression 67.5 MB/sec 78.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 31.2 pages/sec 37.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 41.1 Mpixels/sec 54.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 12 images/sec 26.9 images/sec
HDR 36.1 Mpixels/sec 46.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.53 images/sec 4.1 images/sec
Photo processing 7.58 images/sec 13.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.82 Mpixels/sec 2.37 Mpixels/sec
Samples 25 tests 14 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Helio G80 +229%
1065
Background blur 0.65 images/sec 1.75 images/sec
Face detection 0.34 images/sec 1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 0.28 Gpixels/sec 3.35 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 46.8 FPS 126.7 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples - 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score - 173
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Helio G80 +17%
6668
Web score 5357 5872
Video editing score 3657 4857
Data manipulation score 4874 5981
Photo editing score 10924 11129
Writing score 5784 6856
Phones tested Less than 3 5 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 30 FPS
[Low]
30 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 36 FPS
[Medium]
30 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite - 27 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 33 FPS
[Medium]
52 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 42 FPS
[Medium]
53 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 31 FPS
[Medium]
54 FPS
[High]
Device OnePlus Nord N100
720 x 1600
Realme 6i
720 x 1600
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 460
No benchmark results yet
MediaTek Helio G80
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 -> ObsAnTuTu 12436098
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (TestingPhones)AnTuTu 11275902
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (Jordi2214)AnTuTu 11243104
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-01 (Rolex)AnTuTu 11314721
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-24 (.)Geekbench 6 GPU1028

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 460 and Helio G80

CPU

Architecture 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Gold
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 240 Silver
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache - 320 KB
L3 cache - 1 MB
Process 11 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count - 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 600 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 128 48
FLOPS 153.6 Gigaflops 91.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 683 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.91 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 -
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 7
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 390 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced January 2020 February 2020
Class Low end Low end
Model number SM4250-AA MT6769T
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 official site MediaTek Helio G80 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 - MediaTek Helio G88

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