We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 [with Adreno 509 graphics] and MediaTek Helio G70 [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 636
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
Pros of MediaTek Helio G70
- Supports 153% higher memory bandwidth [13.41 against 5.3 GB/s]
- Announced 2-years and 3-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor [12 versus 14 nm]
- Shows better [up to 16%] AnTuTu 10 score – 246K vs 212K
- 11% higher CPU clock speed [2000 vs 1800 MHz]
- Higher GPU frequency [~14%]
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 10
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
CPU 85476 78346 GPU 25195 41559 Memory 47099 55019 UX 54722 71776 Total score 212492 246700
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GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Asset compression 68 MB/sec 69.5 MB/sec HTML 5 Browser 33.7 pages/sec 38.9 pages/sec PDF Renderer 44.2 Mpixels/sec 48.8 Mpixels/sec Image detection 11 images/sec 24.8 images/sec HDR 37.9 Mpixels/sec 44.3 Mpixels/sec Background blur 1.71 images/sec 3.2 images/sec Photo processing 8.66 images/sec 12.3 images/sec Ray tracing 1.82 Mpixels/sec 2.1 Mpixels/sec
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan [Metal]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability - 99% Graphics test 1 FPS 4 FPS Score 259 718
Gaming
Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 31 FPS [High] Call of Duty: Mobile - 30 FPS [Low] Shadowgun Legends - 52 FPS [Low] World of Tanks Blitz - 52 FPS [Ultra] Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 53 FPS [High] Device - Realme C3 720 x 1600
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 636 and Helio G70
CPU
Architecture 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold [Cortex-A73] 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver [Cortex-A53] 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 Cores 8 8 Frequency 1800 MHz 2000 MHz Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8-A L2 cache - 320 KB L3 cache - 1 MB Process 14 nanometers 12 nanometers Transistor count 2 billion 5.5 billion TDP 5 W 5 W Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Graphics
GPU name Adreno 509 Mali-G52 MP2 Architecture Adreno 500 Bifrost 2nd gen GPU frequency 720 MHz 820 MHz Execution units 1 2 Shading units 128 24 Total shaders 128 48 FLOPS 184.3 Gigaflops 78.7 Gigaflops Vulkan version 1.0 1.3 OpenCL version 2.0 2.0 DirectX version 11 -
Memory
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X Memory frequency 1333 MHz 1800 MHz Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit Max bandwidth 5.3 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s Max size 8 GB 8 GB
Multimedia [ISP]
Neural processor [NPU] Hexagon 680 Yes Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1 Max display resolution 1900 x 1200 2520 x 1080 Max camera resolution 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9 Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
Modem X12 - 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 7 5G support No No Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps Wi-Fi 5 5 Bluetooth 5.0 5.0 Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Cast your vote
So, which SoC would you choose?
Snapdragon 636
140 [40.2%]
Total votes: 348
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