Snapdragon 665 vs Helio G80

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (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 665
  • Performs 2.7x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 12 nm)
  • Supports 11% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 13.41 GB/s)
  • Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 11 score – 329K vs 318K
Pros of MediaTek Helio G80
  • 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
329457
318039
CPU 147902 139627
GPU 24130 16620
Memory 68847 79612
UX 88578 82180
Total score 329457 318039
Samples [9 tests] [27 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio G80 +26%
406
Multi-Core Score
Helio G80 +29%
1456
Asset compression 67.9 MB/sec 78.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 40.2 pages/sec 37.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 48.5 Mpixels/sec 54.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 12.7 images/sec 26.9 images/sec
HDR 44.1 Mpixels/sec 46.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.82 images/sec 4.1 images/sec
Photo processing 8.45 images/sec 13.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.66 Mpixels/sec 2.37 Mpixels/sec
Samples 2 tests 14 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Helio G80 +249%
1065
Background blur 0.28 images/sec 1.75 images/sec
Face detection 0.14 images/sec 1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 1.24 Gpixels/sec 3.35 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 22.5 FPS 126.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 2 tests 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 +1%
6668
Web score 6072 5872
Video editing score 5062 4857
Data manipulation score 5151 5981
Photo editing score 11822 11129
Writing score 6677 6856
Phones tested 2 models 5 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 29 FPS
[Low]
30 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 28 FPS
[Ultra]
30 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]
27 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 53 FPS
[Low]
52 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 57 FPS
[Medium]
53 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 30 FPS
[High]
54 FPS
[High]
Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T
1080 x 2340
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 665
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (SR Saani)AnTuTu 11345256
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (bang)AnTuTu 11350459
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-05 (Thomas πŸ‡§πŸ‡·)AnTuTu 11319538
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> NursAnTuTu 11329457
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-09 -> NursAnTuTu 11329457
MediaTek Helio G80
DateBenchmarkResult
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
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-24 (.)AnTuTu 11334947

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 665 and Helio G80

CPU

Architecture 4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 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 1.75 billion 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 950 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 128 48
FLOPS 243.2 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 686 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.9 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 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 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 - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced April 2019 February 2020
Class Mid range Low end
Model number SM6125 MT6769T
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 official site MediaTek Helio G80 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 - MediaTek Helio G88

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Raven Vivo Y20s G (Helio G80 chipset) August 31, 2024 at 11:13 PM
No wonder my old phone is better then my new phone. What a joke, I am never buying any phones budget snapdragon ever again.
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Mico Loco January 2, 2021 at 05:19 PM
I would go for snapdragon...
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Guerkan July 7, 2020 at 03:37 PM
My vote goes to Snapdragon's 665 because GPS has always been better with the Snapdragons that I have owned. GPS connection has been much quicker and more stable. Don't know if the Helio G80 has finally caught up, but I'm not willing to try anymore.
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