MediaTek Helio G81 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
2000 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8-A
Process
12 nm
14 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
L1 cache
—
64 KB
L2 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
2
TDP
—
11 W
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
950 MHz
653 MHz
Shading units
24
256
Vulkan version
1.3
1.0
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Execution units
—
1
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.41 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Yes
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
—
Hexagon 680
Connectivity
5G support
No
No
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
5.4
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
4G support
—
LTE Cat. 12
Download speed
—
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
—
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
Announced
Aug 2024
Aug 2016
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
—
MSM8996 Pro-AC
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
262,145
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Geekbench 6
420
391
Geekbench 6
1,391
797
FP32 (float)
91
334
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.