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Snapdragon 685 vs Helio G99

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Snapdragon 685 Helio G99

We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 (with Adreno 610 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 | Differences | Benchmarks | AnTuTu v9 | GeekBench 5 | Specs | Comments

Review
General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators

CPU Performance Gaming Performance

Single and multi-core processor tests GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan

Snapdragon 685 31 Snapdragon 685 18

Helio G99 37 Helio G99 25

Battery life NanoReview Score

Efficiency of battery consumption Overall chip score

Snapdragon 685 85 Snapdragon 685 39

Helio G99 84 Helio G99 43

Key Differences
Main differences and advantages of each chip

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Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

27% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2200 MHz)

Announced 10-months later

Pros of MediaTek Helio G99

Higher GPU frequency (~16%)

Performs 16% better in floating-point computations

Shows better (up to 19%) AnTuTu 9 score – 376K vs 315K

Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks

SoC: Snapdragon 685 vs Helio G99

AnTuTu 9
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios

Snapdragon 685 315495

Helio G99 +19% 376957

CPU 90962 103662

GPU 53929 84216

Memory 82005 86021

UX 86742 99629

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Total score 315495 376957

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GeekBench 5
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Single-Core Score Multi-Core Score

Snapdragon 685 377 Snapdragon 685 1604

Helio G99 +49% 563 Helio G99 +14% 1835

Image compression - 114.8 Mpixels/s

Face detection - 14.3 images/s

Speech recognition - 36.1 words/s

Machine learning - 30.2 images/s

Camera shooting - 16.4 images/s

HTML 5 - 1.73 Mnodes/s

SQLite - 599.6 Krows/s

3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)

3DMark Wild Life Performance

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Snapdragon 685 641

Helio G99 +94% 1243

Stability 99% -

Graphics test 3 FPS 7 FPS

Score 641 1243

Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 685 and Helio G99

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76

4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Cores 8 8

Frequency 2800 MHz 2200 MHz

Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A

Process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers

TDP - 5W

Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 610 Mali-G57 MP2

Architecture Adreno 600 Valhall 1st gen

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GPU frequency 950 MHz 1100 MHz

Execution units 1 2

Shading units 128 64

Total shaders 128 128

FLOPS 243.2 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 2133 MHz 2133 MHz

Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit

Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s

Max size 8 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Yes

Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.2

Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080

Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Video capture 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS

Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS

Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9

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Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 -

4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 13

5G support No No

Download speed Up to 390 Mbps Up to 650 Mbps

Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps

Wi-Fi 5 5

Bluetooth 5.2 5.2

Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS,
NAVIC NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2023 May 2022

Class Low end Mid range

Model number SM6225-AD MT6789

Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 official site MediaTek Helio G99 official site

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?

Snapdragon 685 224 (13.2%)

Helio G99 1473 (86.8%)

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Total votes: 1697

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