MediaTek Helio G85
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Helio G85 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: April 2020 (April 2020 vs November 2016)
  • Higher Technology: 10 nm (12 nm vs 10 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2450 MHz (2000 MHz vs 2450 MHz)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
April 2020
Launch Date
November 2016
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
MT6769Z
Model Name
MSM8998
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
8
Cores
8
12 nm
Technology
10 nm
2000 MHz
Frequency
2450 MHz
-
Transistor count
3

GPU Specifications

Mali-G52 MP2
GPU name
Adreno 540
1000 MHz
GPU frequency
739 MHz
0.096 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.5675 TFLOPS
24
Shading units
384
2
Execution units
1
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.3
Vulkan version
1.0
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
5.0
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1800 MHz
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 32 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
2 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
UFS 2.1
2K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
5 W
TDP
9 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 682

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Helio G85
416 +0%
Snapdragon 835
415
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Helio G85
1338
Snapdragon 835
1519 +14%
FP32 (float)
Helio G85
98
Snapdragon 835
578 +490%
AnTuTu 10
Helio G85
275547
Snapdragon 835
346172 +26%