MediaTek Helio G81 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2000 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
12 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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1792 KB
L2 cache
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24 MB
L3 cache
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8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
950 MHz
1200 MHz
Shading units
24
512
Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
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Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.41 Gbit/s
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AI
NPU
Yes
Hexagon
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
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Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
5G support
No
Yes
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.4
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
4G support
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LTE Cat. 24
Info
Announced
Aug 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
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SM8850
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
262,145
3,115,282
Geekbench 6
420
3,834
Geekbench 6
1,391
12,396
FP32 (float)
91
3,686
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.