Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs Helio G25

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (with Adreno 830 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G25 (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

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 8 Elite (Gen 4)
  • Performs 80.8x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 19.1x) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 3126K vs 163K
  • Supports 510% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 13.9 GB/s)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 12 nm)
  • 116% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 2000 MHz)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~69%)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G25
  • 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
163723
CPU 893474 77541
GPU 1133808 14691
Memory 427210 29116
UX 671910 42375
Total score 3126402 163723
Samples [541 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 367.8 MB/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 223.5 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 257 Mpixels/sec -
Image detection 234.4 images/sec -
HDR 315.8 Mpixels/sec -
Background blur 32.7 images/sec -
Photo processing 90.6 images/sec -
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec -
Samples 148 tests -
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 45.3 images/sec -
Face detection 21.6 images/sec -
Horizon detection 0.73 Gpixels/sec -
Edge detection 0.91 Gpixels/sec -
Gaussian blur 1.75 Gpixels/sec -
Feature matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec -
Stereo matching 96.8 Gpixels/sec -
Particle physics 3848 FPS -
API Vulkan -
Samples 100 tests -

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 2386 -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 10874 -
Graphics test 41 FPS -
Section 1 47 FPS -
Section 2 41 FPS -
Section 3 35 FPS -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 5664 -
Stability 51% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21945 4789
Video editing score 8458 4460
Data manipulation score 16086 3442
Photo editing score 39118 8787
Writing score 22647 4086
Phones tested 36 models 2 models

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-09 (Harsh)AnTuTu3242325
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-03 (Khao D)AnTuTu3059889
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-02 (Shaunie)AnTuTu3212567
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-31 (Bahodir)AnTuTu3143183
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-31 (thor)AnTuTu3101294
MediaTek Helio G25
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and Helio G25

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.32 GHz โ€“ Oryon (Phoenix L)
6x 3.53 GHz โ€“ Oryon (Phoenix M)
4x 2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A53
4x 1.5 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4320 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB -
L2 cache 12 MB -
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 2 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 830 PowerVR GE8320
Architecture Adreno 800 PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU frequency 1100 MHz 650 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 512 8
Total shaders 1536 32
FLOPS 3379.2 Gigaflops 41.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.1
OpenCL version 3.0 1.2
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon No

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 5300 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 84.8 Gb/s 13.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2540 2400 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 21MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 6.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced October 2024 June 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8750-AB MT6762G
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site MediaTek Helio G25 official site
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 -
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
    - The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequencyโ€”4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB modelsโ€”and its GPU is 100 MHz faster.

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