MediaTek Helio G91
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Helio G91 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (12 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (2000 MHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (June 2024 vs September 2025)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Qualcomm
June 2024
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Helio G91
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
8
Cores
8
12 nm
Technology
3 nm
2000 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G52 MP2
GPU name
Adreno 840
1000 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
0.096 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
24
Shading units
512
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz

Connectivity

Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1800 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
UFS 4.1
2K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
MediaTek APU
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Helio G91
438
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +758%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Helio G91
1417
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +792%
FP32 (float)
Helio G91
94
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612 +3743%
AnTuTu 10
Helio G91
277055
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240 +1080%
AntuTu 11
Helio G91
354158
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3950082 +1015%

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Tecno Spark 30
MediaTek Helio G91
84
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
PCMark for Android Storage 2.0
Tecno Spark 30
MediaTek Helio G91
11977
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
189969
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Tecno Spark 30
MediaTek Helio G91
8698
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
27852