MediaTek Helio G81
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Helio G81 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: August 2024 (August 2024 vs January 2021)
  • Higher Technology: 7 nm (12 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2000 MHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
August 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Helio G81
Model Name
SM8250-AC
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
12 nm
Technology
7 nm
2000 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3

GPU Specifications

Mali-G52 MP2
GPU name
Adreno 650
950 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
0.0912 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
24
Shading units
512
-
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

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Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
No
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
1800 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
1 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
2K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Helio G81
412
Snapdragon 870
1151 +179%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Helio G81
1363
Snapdragon 870
3336 +145%
FP32 (float)
Helio G81
93
Snapdragon 870
1345 +1346%
AnTuTu 10
Helio G81
267388
Snapdragon 870
794278 +197%