Snapdragon 660 vs Helio G88

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (with Adreno 512 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G88 (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 660
  • Performs 73% better in floating-point computations
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G88
  • Higher GPU frequency (~55%)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 14 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
  • Shows better (up to 5%) AnTuTu 11 score – 365K vs 347K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Helio G88 +5%
365001
CPU 154446 144055
GPU 25654 28590
Memory 73588 86093
UX 94307 106263
Total score 347995 365001
Samples [3 tests] [32 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio G88 +19%
430
Multi-Core Score
Helio G88 +23%
1375
Asset compression 76.5 MB/sec 74.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 43.7 pages/sec 37.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 49.7 Mpixels/sec 50.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 10.5 images/sec 26 images/sec
HDR 40 Mpixels/sec 45.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.67 images/sec 3.14 images/sec
Photo processing 8.15 images/sec 13.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.84 Mpixels/sec 2.11 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 15 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Helio G88 +311%
1154
Background blur 0.55 images/sec 1.92 images/sec
Face detection 0.43 images/sec 1.09 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 0.57 Gpixels/sec 3.57 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 35.8 FPS 168 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples - 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 82
Graphics test - 1 FPS
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
Helio G88 +36%
8575
Web score 5521 10167
Video editing score 5256 6126
Data manipulation score 5354 5214
Photo editing score 10096 18013
Writing score 6394 7926
Phones tested Less than 3 11 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-23 (Mihnea)GeekBench CPU359 / 1318
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-26 (4x4)AnTuTu341240
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (Seeker)AnTuTu347995
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-07 (udachnik)CPU Throttle87%
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-15 (MαΊ«n VΔƒn CΓ΄ng)GeekBench CPU357 / 1312
MediaTek Helio G88
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-02 (Nlinh)AnTuTu388036
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (Tamim)AnTuTu365753
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (StalinxQQ)AnTuTu375099
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (user_chupapu)AnTuTu378680
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (Mpanpis)AnTuTu373290

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 660 and Helio G88

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.84 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 2 MB -
Process 14 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 1.75 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 512 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 500 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 647 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 128 48
FLOPS 165.6 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.0 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
DirectX version 11 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 680 MediaTek APU

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.9 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X12 -
4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 7
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced May 2017 June 2021
Class Mid range Low end
Model number SDM660 MT6769H
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 official site MediaTek Helio G88 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 -

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