Snapdragon 845 vs Helio G99
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (with Adreno 630 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G99 (Mali-G57 MP2). 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
- Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 74% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 17.1 GB/s)
- 27% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2200 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 10 score – 432K vs 416K
Pros of MediaTek Helio G99
- Announced 4-years and 6-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 10 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~55%)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 124365 | 138197 |
| GPU | 129769 | 64385 |
| Memory | 75447 | 106942 |
| UX | 98872 | 103168 |
| Total score | 432028 | 416595 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 104.1 MB/sec | 99.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 68.5 pages/sec | 50.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 74.9 Mpixels/sec | 70.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 18.1 images/sec | 40.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 71.5 Mpixels/sec | 54.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 6.01 images/sec | 6.15 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 20.5 images/sec | 18.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.02 Mpixels/sec | 2.79 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 81% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Score | 1438 | 1251 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
86 FPS [Low] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 55 FPS [High] |
37 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 48 FPS [High] |
91 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
66 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 48 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
55 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Pocophone F1 1080 x 2246 |
Cubot X70 1080 x 2408 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 845 and Helio G99CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | - |
| TDP | 9 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 630 | Mali-G57 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Valhall 1st gen |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading units | 256 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 512 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 727 Gigaflops | 281.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gbit/s | 17.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 10 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP | 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X20 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 650 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2017 | May 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | SDM845 | MT6789 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site | MediaTek Helio G99 official site |
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