MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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MediaTek Helio G81

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 8500 and MediaTek Helio G81 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 12 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (3400 MHz vs 2000 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (January 2026 vs August 2024)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
MediaTek
January 2026
Launch Date
August 2024
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Dimensity 8500
Model Name
Helio G81
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
12 nm
3400 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G720 MС8
GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
-
GPU frequency
950 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.0912 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
24
3.2
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.3
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080

Connectivity

Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 4 + MCQ
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 8500
1693 +311%
Helio G81
412
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 8500
6897 +406%
Helio G81
1363
AnTuTu 10
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +782%
Helio G81
267388