Snapdragon 720G vs Helio P90
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (with Adreno 618 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P90 (PowerVR GM9446). 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 720G
- Performs 3.1x better in floating-point computations
- Developers optimize games for Snapdragon processors more often than for Helio
- Has the smaller size of the transistor (8 versus 12 nm)
- Announced 1 year and 3 months later
- Shows better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 8 score – 247K vs 216K
- 5% higher CPU clock speed (2300 vs 2200 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Helio P90
- Higher GPU frequency (~94%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A75 6x 2 GHz – Cortex A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 1 MB | - |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | PowerVR GM9446 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | PowerVR Rogue |
| GPU frequency | 500 MHz | 970 MHz |
| Cores | - | 3 |
| Number of ALUs | 128 | - |
| FLOPS | 385 Gigaflops | 124 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 | 1866 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 13.91 Gbit/s | 13.91 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Qualcomm Hexagon 692 DSP | APU 2.0 |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | 384 kHz/32 bit | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | January 2020 | November 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Mid range |
| Model number | SM7125 | MT6779 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site | MediaTek Helio P90 official site |
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