Snapdragon 860 vs Helio G80

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (with Adreno 640 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 860
  • Performs 11.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.6x) AnTuTu 11 score – 822K vs 318K
  • Supports 155% higher memory bandwidth (34.13 against 13.41 GB/s)
  • Has 1 MB larger L3 cache size than the Helio G80
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 12 nm)
  • 48% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G80
  • Higher GPU frequency (~41%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
822433
318039
CPU 299294 139627
GPU 119740 16620
Memory 162141 79612
UX 241258 82180
Total score 822433 318039
Samples [47 tests] [27 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
1004
406
Multi-Core Score
2653
1456
Asset compression 122.6 MB/sec 78.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.8 pages/sec 37.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 85.4 Mpixels/sec 54.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.3 images/sec 26.9 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 46.7 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.45 images/sec 4.1 images/sec
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 13.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.72 Mpixels/sec 2.37 Mpixels/sec
Samples 21 tests 14 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
2985
1065
Background blur 4.67 images/sec 1.75 images/sec
Face detection 2.01 images/sec 1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.94 Gpixels/sec 3.35 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 512.2 FPS 126.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Samples 12 tests 9 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
979
173
Score 979 173
Stability 91% 97%
Graphics test 5 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
10591
6668
Web score 8774 5872
Video editing score 6020 4857
Data manipulation score 8724 5981
Photo editing score 22475 11129
Writing score 13390 6856
Phones tested Less than 3 5 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]
30 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]
30 FPS
[Low]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]
27 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]
52 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]
53 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]
54 FPS
[High]
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
1080 x 2400
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 860
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (Zeexi)AnTuTu 11911542
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (Tymanovik)AnTuTu 11822512
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Aren)AnTuTu 11811317
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Aren)AnTuTu 11811317
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 860 and Helio G80

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2960 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 512 KB -
L2 cache 1 MB 320 KB
L3 cache 2 MB 1 MB
Process 7 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Adreno 600 Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 675 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 3 2
Shading units 256 24
Total shaders 768 48
FLOPS 1036.8 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 690 Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X24 LTE, X50 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced April 2019 February 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number SM8150-AC MT6769T
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site MediaTek Helio G80 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Helio G88

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Martin July 27, 2022 at 09:12 AM
I have the pad 5. Great performance nice 120 Hz display. When you look for a bargain you can get one with 256GB for less than 350 euros.
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