MediaTek Helio G99 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared MediaTek Helio G99 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

Helio G99

735

Snapdragon 855 Plus

1030

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

Helio G99

1995

Snapdragon 855 Plus

2861

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55	1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	6 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors		6700 million
TDP	5 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 12 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	2x16 bit	4x16 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Mali-G57 MP2	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Mali Valhall	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1000 MHz	675 MHz
Execution units	2	3
Shaders	64	768
DirectX	12	12.1
OpenCL API	2.0	2.0
Vulkan API	1.3	1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2520x1080	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 108MP, 2x 16MP	1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	2K@30fps	4K@120fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	0.65 Gbps	5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.15 Gbps	1.24 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.2	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS