Snapdragon 678 vs MediaTek Helio G95 is the ultimate mid-range chipset comparison. Snapdragon 678 is a recently launched chipset for budget-friendly devices and MediaTek Helio G95 is launched in September for mid-range smartphones. Let’s see how the newly launched Snapdragon 678 can perform against MediaTek’s mid-range chipset.
Key Differences
• Higher Clock Speeds, The SD 678 has a higher clock speed of 2.2GHz while MTK helio G95 has a maximum frequency of 2.05GHz.
• Lower GPU Frequency, Adreno 612 on Snapdragon 678 has a lower frequency of 800MHz compared to 900MHz of Helio G95.
• Better Power Efficiency, The SD 678 is manufactured on a lower fabrication process providing higher power efficiency.
• Lower RAM frequency support, MediaTek Helio G95 comes with 2133MHz RAM frequency support compared to 1866MHz support of Snapdragon 678.
Snapdragon 678 vs MediaTek Helio G95 – Specification
| Processor | Snapdragon 678 | MediaTek Helio G95 |
| CPU | 2x Kryo 460 Gold @ 2.2 GHz 6x Kryo 460 Silver @ 1.7 GHz | 2x Cortex A76 @ 2.05 GHz 6x Cortex A55 @ 2.0 GHz |
| GPU | Adreno 612 @800MHz | Mali-G76 MC4 @900MHz |
| Connectivity | Cat-12 DL / Cat-13 UL(LTE: 600 Mbps down, 150 Mbps up) | Cat-12 DL / Cat-13 UL (LTE: 600 Mbps down, 150 Mbps up) |
| Fabrication Process | 11nm | 12nm |
| DSP / NPU | Hexagon 685 DSP | Da Vinci |
| Memory Controller | 2x 16-bit CH @ 1866MHz LPDDR4X | 2x 32 -bit CH @ 2133MHz LPDDR4X |
| Display | 2520×1080 pixels ( Max Resolution ) | 2520×1080 pixels ( Max Resolution ) |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n | 802.11a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Camera | Dual Spectra 250L ISP 1x 25MP with ZSL 2x 16MP with ZSL up to 192MP single camera | Max Camera ISP 1 x 48MP 16 + 24MP up to 64MP single camera |
| Video | up to 4K@30fps | up to 4K@30fps |
| Charging | Quick Charge 4+ technology | Fast Charging Support |
| Audio | 192kHz/24bit | – |
| NFC | supported | – |
| Location | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, Galileo |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 is manufactured on an 11nm fabrication process with 8-cores of Kryo 460 along with a maximum frequency of 2.2GHz while the MediaTek Helio G95 is also an octa-core chipset based on a 12nm fabrication process with 2.05GHz of maximum frequency. The SD 678 comes integrated with Adreno 612 GPU while MTK Helio G95 comes integrated with Mali G57 MC4 GPU.
Snapdragon 678 vs MediaTek Helio G95 – Benchmark
As per the report, the MediaTek Helio G95 completely performs outstanding compared to the Snapdragon 678. Snapdragon 678 scores 435 while the MediaTek Helio G95 scores 516 in single cores. In multi-scores SD 678 scores 1381 while MTK Helio G95 scored 1579 on Geekbench 5. In ANTUTU Benchmark 8, the Helio G95 scored 297734, and SD 678 grabs only 212112.
