Snapdragon 660 vs Helio P35
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 (with Adreno 512 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P35 (IMG PowerVR GE8320). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 660
- Performs 4.8x better in floating-point computations
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Helio
- Shows significantly better (up to 84%) AnTuTu 9 score – 207K vs 112K
- Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
Pros of MediaTek Helio P35
- Announced 1-year and 8-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 14 nm)
- Supports 7% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 13.9 GB/s)
- 5% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 2200 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 72014 | 45313 |
| GPU | 35497 | 15084 |
| Memory | 41094 | 28634 |
| UX | 59683 | 24531 |
| Total score | 207832 | 112882 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 88.7 Mpixels/s | 66.55 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 12 images/s | 9.05 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 24.1 words/s | 16.55 words/s |
| Machine learning | 18.3 images/s | 13.15 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 11 images/s | 5.63 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.76 Mnodes/s | 1.3 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 487.4 Krows/s | 319.2 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 96% | - |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | - |
| Score | 374 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 660 and Helio P35CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.84 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2200 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1.75 billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 512 | IMG PowerVR GE8320 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Rogue |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 217 Gigaflops | 44.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.9 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2400 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X12 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | 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 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | May 2017 | December 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Low end |
| Model number | SM6115 | MT6765 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 official site | MediaTek Helio P35 official site |
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