MediaTek Helio G85 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720g are two good budget gaming smartphone chipsets. Below you will find a detailed comparison between both chipsets with specs difference, AnTuTu benchmarks, Geekbench Benchmarks, and gaming performance.
The Snapdragon 720G is found in the budget of smartphones like Poco M2 Pro, Redmi Note 9 Pro/Pro max, Redmi Note 9S, Samsung Galaxy A72, Realme 8 Pro, and more. Rival, Helio G85 is also available in similarly priced smartphones like Redmi Note 9, Realme Narzo 30A, Realme 7i, and more.
Before we proceed to benchmarks, let’s take a look at the specifications comparison of Helio G85 and Snapdragon 720G.
Specifications
CPU
| Snapdragon 720G | Helio g85 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 8 2x 2.3GHz – Cortex A76(Kryo 465 Gold) 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55(Kryo 465 Silver) | 8 2x 2GHz – Cortex A75 6x 1.8GHz – Cortex A55 |
| Clock speed | 2300 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Fabrication Process | 8nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | ARMv8.2-A | ARMV8-A |
| L1 Cache | – | unknown |
| L2 Cache | – | unknown |
| L3 Cache | 1 Mb | unknown |
| TDP | 5W | 8W |
The Helio G85 is built on a 12nm fabrication process while Snapdragon 720g is built on an 8nm fabrication process, making it more power-efficient.
Both have an octa-core processor, However, Snapdragon has two Cortex-A76 running at 2.30 GHz along with six other Cortex-A55 cores running at 1.80GHz. While Helios G85 has two Cortex-A75 clocked at 2.0GHz and six Cortex-A55 clocked at 1.80 GHz.
GPU
| Snapdragon 720G | Helio g85 | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Adreno 618 | Mali-G52 MP2 |
| GPU clock speed | 750 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| GPU execution units | 2 | 2 |
| Shading unit | 128 | 32 |
| GFLOPS | 435 | 54 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
In the GPU department, Helio G85 has a 250MHz higher GPU frequency than Snapdragon 720g. however, it has 4x fewer shading units and the Vulkan version is limited to 1.0.
Multimedia and Memory
| Snapdragon 720G | Helio g85 | |
|---|---|---|
| Display resolution | 2520 x 1080 pixels | 2520 x 1080 pixels |
| Camera resolution | 1 x 32 megapixels (MFNR, ZSL) 2 x 16 megapixels Max up to 192 megapixel | 1 x 42 megapixels 2 x 16 megapixels Max up to 48 megapixel |
| Video resolution | 4k @ 30fps | 2k @ 30fps |
| Storage | UFS 2.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| AI Engine | Hexagon 692 | Yes(name unknown) |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory speed | 1866 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Size | 8 GB | 8GB |
| Bus | 2 x 16 bit | 2 x 16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 13.91 Gbps | 13.41 Gbps |
For the AI, Snapdragon 720 has Hexagon 692 DSP which scores 27.5 in AI benchmarks. Helios G85’s AI engine is unknown but it has a score of 16.1 in AI benchmarks.
Speaking of Cameras, Snapdragon 720g has Qualcomm Spectra 350L ISP. It supports 32-megapixel single camera with ZSL & MFNR technology. It also supports a 16-megapixel dual camera and the maximum resolution is 192-megapixel. Helios G85 also supports 16-megapixel dual camera but single camera resolution only goes up to 48-megapixel.
Both chipsets support LPDDR4X RAM up to 8GB. However, Snapdragon 720g has a slightly higher memory frequency and also supports UFS 2.1 storage. The storage option in Helio G85 is limited to eMMC 5.1.
In terms of display, they both are similar.
Connectivity and Other info
| Snapdragon 720G | Helio g85 | |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | X15, LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| Download speed | 800 Mbps | 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | 150 Mbps | 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5 |
| Release date | January 2020 | April 2020 |
In terms of connectivity Snapdragon720G, has LTE Cat.15 compared to LTE Cat.7 on Helio G85? It gives whooping 500 Mbps more download speed and 50Mbps more upload speed.
Helios G85 is behind the connectivity department too. It offers Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. Snapdragon 720g provides you latest Wi-Fi 6 along with Bluetooth 5.1.
Benchmarks
This is an AnTutu, Geekbench 5, and gaming benchmarks comparison between Helio G85 and snapdragon 720g.
AnTuTu
| POCO M2 Pro(SD 720g ) | Redmi Note 9(Helio g85) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2,70,780(+26%) | 1,99,770 |
| CPU | 99,720(+24%) | 75,567 |
| GPU | 72,175(+41%) | 42,530 |
| Memory | 46,214(+10%) | 41,243 |
| UX | 52,671(+23%) | 40,430 |
Geekbench 5
| Single-core | 567(+36%) | 362 |
| Multi-core | 1762(+28%) | 1268 |
Gaming Performance
| PUBG Mobile (Medium) | 46 fps | 47 fps |
| Call of Duty: Mobile (Medium) | 57 fps | 41 fps |
| Fortnite (Low) | 27 fps | 22 fps |
| World of Tanks Blitz(Mid Settings) | 59 fps | 50 fps |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (High) | 29 fps | 56 fps |
Conclusion
So, MediaTek Helio G85 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 720, which one is better? Snapdragon 720g is the clear winner here. Why? For a couple of reasons.
First, both chipsets are found in similarly priced smartphones, maybe Helios G85 equipped smartphone will be slightly cheaper. However, Snapdragon 720g absolutely dominates in the AnTuTu benchmark, single-core benchmark, multi-core, gaming performance, connectivity options, and camera features. That’s why the winner of this battle is Snapdragon 720g.
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