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Mediatek Helio G85 vs Mediatek Helio G36 vs Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra

Mediatek Helio G85

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The Mediatek Helio G85 is a mainstream ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based) that was introduced in 2020. It is manufactured in a 12 nm FinFET process and integrates 8 CPU cores. Two fast ARM Cortex-A75 cores with up to 2 GHz for performance tasks and six small ARM Cortex-A55 with up to 1.8 GHz for efficiency. All eight cores can be used together thanks to Heterogeneous Multi-Processing support. The integrated GPU is a ARM Mali-G52 MC2 (MP2) with two clusters at up to 1000 MHz (up from 950 MHz from the otherwise similar Helio G80). The SoC also integrates the HyperEngine that handles a dynamic management of CPU, GPU and memory.

The SoC integrates furthermore a LTE radio with Cat-7 (download) / Cat-13 (upload) support, Wifi 5 (ac), Bluetooth 5.0, LPDDR4x 1800 MHz and eMMC 5.1 storage.

Mediatek Helio G36

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The Mediatek Helio G36 is an entry level ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based) that was introduced in late 2023. It is manufactured in a 12 nm FinFET process and is equipped with 8 ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores clocked at up to 2.2 GHz. Compared to the similar Helio G25, the G36 offers higher CPU clock speeds (+ 200 MHz), GPU clock speeds (+30 MHz) and supports higher display resolutions of up to 2400 x 1800. Compared to the similar Helio G35, the G36 offers a 100 MHz lower CPU clock but supports 90Hz screens.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a LTE Cat.4 modem, a Wi-Fi 5 / Bluetooth 5.0 modem, a LPDDR3-933 / LPDDR4-1200 / LPDDR4x-1600 memory controller, a IMG PowerVR GE8320 graphics card, and a 1080p30 video de- and encoder (H.265 decoding, H.264 encoding).

Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra

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The Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra is a mainstream ARM SoC for smartphones (mainly Android based) that was introduced in 2020. It is manufactured in a 12 nm FinFET process and integrates 8 CPU cores. Two fast ARM Cortex-A75 cores with up to 2 GHz for performance tasks and six small ARM Cortex-A55 with up to 2 GHz for efficiency. All eight cores can be used together thanks to Heterogeneous Multi-Processing support. The integrated GPU is a ARM Mali-G52 MC2 (MP2) with two clusters at up to 950 MHz. The SoC also integrates the HyperEngine that handles a dynamic management of CPU, GPU and memory.

Compared to the old Helio G80, the G81 offers support for 120Hz displays.

The SoC integrates furthermore a LTE radio with Cat-7 (download) / Cat-13 (upload) support, Wifi 5 (ac), Bluetooth 5.0, LPDDR4x 1800 MHz and eMMC 5.1 storage.

ModelMediatek Helio G85Mediatek Helio G36Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra
CodenameCortex-A75 / A55Cortex-A53Cortex-A75 / A55
SeriesMediatek Mediatek Helio GMediatek Mediatek Helio GMediatek Mediatek Helio G
Series: Mediatek Helio G Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G881.8 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G85 « 1.8 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra2 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G811.7 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G802 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G702 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G371.8 - 2.3 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Mediatek Helio G352.3 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Mediatek Helio G36 « 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Mediatek Helio G252 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A53
Mediatek Helio G881.8 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G851.8 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra « 2 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G811.7 - 2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G802 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Mediatek Helio G702 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A75 / A55
Clock1800 - 2000 MHz2200 MHz2000 - 2000 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
8 x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
8 / 8
2 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A75
6 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Technology12 nm12 nm12 nm
Features2x Cortex-A75, 6x Cortex-A55UMTS/HSPA+, LTE Cat. 4, Cat-7 DL / Cat-13 UL, LPDDR3-933 / LPDDR4-1200 / LPDDR4x-1600 Memory Controller, 1080p30 H.264 Video Encoder, H.264 / H.265 1080p30 Decoder2x Cortex-A75, 6x Cortex-A55
iGPUARM Mali-G52 MP2 ( - 1000 MHz)PowerVR GE8320 ( - 680 MHz)ARM Mali-G52 MP2 ( - 950 MHz)
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.comwww.mediatek.comwww.mediatek.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - Helio G85
0.5 pt (37%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 16484     avg: 17640     median: 17640 (15%)     max: 18796 Points
877 Points (8%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2644     avg: 2697     median: 2684 (31%)     max: 2778 Points
1075 Points (12%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
min: 366     avg: 399.6     median: 403 (10%)     max: 416 Points
410 Points (10%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
min: 1251     avg: 1367     median: 1396 (5%)     max: 1449 Points
1011 Points (4%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 408     avg: 420     median: 423 (13%)     max: 429 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 1315     avg: 1375     median: 1368 (6%)     max: 1442 Points
min: 139     avg: 146     median: 146 (6%)     max: 153 Points
min: 512     avg: 531     median: 531 (1%)     max: 550 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1662 Points (17%)
844 Points (8%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
5301 Points (5%)
4134 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
1369 Points (11%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2836 Points (26%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
9944 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
4915 Points (10%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
5907 Points (15%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2711.6     avg: 3334     median: 3466.5 (4%)     max: 3939 ms
min: 9999.2     avg: 10484     median: 10483.6 (12%)     max: 10968 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 10299     avg: 12959     median: 12745.5 (10%)     max: 15443 Points
min: 4398     avg: 4803     median: 4802.5 (4%)     max: 5207 Points
14565 Points (11%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 51     avg: 56     median: 58 (16%)     max: 59 Points
27 Points (7%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 43     avg: 45.2     median: 45 (8%)     max: 47 Points
min: 38     avg: 40.5     median: 40.5 (7%)     max: 43 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 33983     avg: 35191     median: 35191 (29%)     max: 36399 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 36589     avg: 37154     median: 37153.5 (30%)     max: 37718 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 34679     avg: 39134     median: 39134 (7%)     max: 43589 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 62320     avg: 62867     median: 62866.5 (23%)     max: 63413 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 171116     avg: 174345     median: 174345 (17%)     max: 177574 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
min: 191865     avg: 213512     median: 217448 (11%)     max: 231224 Points
min: 99654     avg: 101128     median: 101128 (5%)     max: 102602 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
min: 62911     avg: 64321     median: 63851 (16%)     max: 66202 Points
min: 30382     avg: 31022     median: 31021.5 (8%)     max: 31661 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 Total Score
min: 278813     avg: 280106     median: 280106 (9%)     max: 281399 Points
142748 Points (5%)
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 CPU
min: 86841     avg: 88909     median: 88908.5 (3%)     max: 90976 Points
50775 Points (1%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 762     avg: 883     median: 882.5 (0%)     max: 1003 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random write internal
min: 18.9     avg: 29.8     median: 32.7 (22%)     max: 35 MB/s
10.6 MB/s (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq write internal
min: 199.8     avg: 222.2     median: 221 (6%)     max: 247 MB/s
155.7 MB/s (4%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 random read internal
min: 12.1     avg: 22.4     median: 24.3 (12%)     max: 28.9 MB/s
13.5 MB/s (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 seq read internal
min: 274     avg: 278.5     median: 277.5 (8%)     max: 285 MB/s
251 MB/s (7%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
min: 7835     avg: 12510     median: 12098.5 (5%)     max: 16308 Points
min: 6296     avg: 6547     median: 6547 (3%)     max: 6798 Points
min: 4609     avg: 4685     median: 4685 (17%)     max: 4761 Points
9393 Points (35%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
5692 Points (30%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
5697 Points (12%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 8655     avg: 8674     median: 8670 (57%)     max: 8698 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 11421     avg: 11655     median: 11655 (58%)     max: 11889 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 280     avg: 350.8     median: 369 (14%)     max: 394 Points
min: 187     avg: 193.5     median: 193.5 (7%)     max: 200 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
min: 0     avg: 3.5     median: 3.7 (2%)     max: 6.28 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 0.839     avg: 1.4     median: 1.4 (2%)     max: 1.89 Watt

Average Benchmarks Mediatek Helio G85 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks Mediatek Helio G36 → 47% n=2

Average Benchmarks Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra → 114% n=2

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red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
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