Overview - Helio G85 Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G85 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) SoCs by Mediatek and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G85 12
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G85 8
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G85 57
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G85 26
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G85 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 67123 635739
GPU 61260 1237734
Memory 42828 460296
UX 77565 457187
Total score 248776 2790956
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 10.00% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G85 (1100 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 196.28% higher memory frequency than Helio G85 (5333 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 75% smaller sized transistor than Helio G85 (3 vs 12 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 1,021.88% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G85 (2,791 K vs 249 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G85.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 536.84% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 (85.4 vs 13.41 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G85 361
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G85 1279
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

Image compression

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Helio G85 81.2
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Face detection

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Helio G85 11.9
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Speech recognition

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Helio G85 24.2
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Machine learning

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Helio G85 18.1
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Camera shooting

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Helio G85 9.26
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

HTML 5

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Helio G85 1.55
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

SQLite

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Helio G85 413.5
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test 4 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

50%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 5 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G52 MP2 Adreno 830
  • Architecture Bifrost 2 Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 32 768
  • FLOPS 59 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.0 1.3
  • OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
  • DirectX version 12 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 1800 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - -
  • 4G Download Speed 300 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 100 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Helio G85

CPU
12%
GPU
8%
Memory
21%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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