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.
Model | Mediatek Helio G85 | Mediatek Helio G36 | Mediatek Helio G81 Ultra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Cortex-A75 / A55 | Cortex-A53 | Cortex-A75 / A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | Mediatek Mediatek Helio G | Mediatek Mediatek Helio G | Mediatek Mediatek Helio G | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Mediatek Helio G Cortex-A75 / A55 |
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Clock | 1800 - 2000 MHz | 2200 MHz | 2000 - 2000 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 12 nm | 12 nm | 12 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | 2x Cortex-A75, 6x Cortex-A55 | UMTS/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 Decoder | 2x Cortex-A75, 6x Cortex-A55 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | ARM Mali-G52 MP2 ( - 1000 MHz) | PowerVR GE8320 ( - 680 MHz) | ARM Mali-G52 MP2 ( - 950 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | ARM | ARM | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | www.mediatek.com | www.mediatek.com | www.mediatek.com |
Benchmarks
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

* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation