Snapdragon 665 vs Helio G85
We compared two 8-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (with Adreno 610 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G85 (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
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
- Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (11 versus 12 nm)
- Supports 11% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 13.41 GB/s)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G85
- Announced 1 year and 1 month later
- Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
- Shows better (up to 13%) AnTuTu 10 score – 265K vs 235K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 90638 | 85473 |
| GPU | 42930 | 39924 |
| Memory | 45249 | 64027 |
| UX | 56683 | 75795 |
| Total score | 235500 | 265219 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 74.6 MB/sec | 75.3 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 39.1 pages/sec | 38.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 49.3 Mpixels/sec | 44.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 14.3 images/sec | 23.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 44.3 Mpixels/sec | 43.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 1.7 images/sec | 3.05 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 9.53 images/sec | 12.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.22 Mpixels/sec | 1.75 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
Promotion
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | 97% |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | 4 FPS |
| Score | 219 | 725 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 29 FPS [Low] |
45 FPS [High] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
40 FPS [Medium] |
| Fortnite | 27 FPS [Low] |
21 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 53 FPS [Low] |
49 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 57 FPS [Medium] |
51 FPS [Medium] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [High] |
46 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T 1080 x 2340 |
Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 1080 x 2340 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 665 and Helio G85CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process | 11 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1.75 billion | - |
| TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Mali-G52 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Bifrost 2nd gen |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 128 | 24 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 243.2 Gigaflops | 96 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 13.41 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 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 |
Info
| Announced | April 2019 | April 2020 |
| Class | Mid range | Low end |
| Model number | SM6125 | MT6769Z |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 official site | MediaTek Helio G85 official site |
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