78

Points
Mediatek Helio G96

78

Points
MediaTek Helio G85
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Helio G85

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Helio G85 SoCs by Mediatek. 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Helio G96 21
Helio G85 14
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 15
Helio G85 10
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Helio G85 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 31
Helio G85 27
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Helio G96

  • Helio G96 has 2.50% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G85 (2050 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Helio G96 has 18.50% higher memory frequency than Helio G85 (2133 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Helio G96 has 36.45% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G85 (339 K vs 249 K).
  • Helio G96 Support 100.00% higher memory bandwidth than Helio G85 (600 vs 300 MHz).

Pros of MediaTek Helio G85

  • Helio G85 has 5.26% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1000 vs 950 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Helio G85 361

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Helio G85 1279

Image compression

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Helio G96
Helio G85 81.2

Face detection

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Helio G96
Helio G85 11.9

Speech recognition

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Helio G96
Helio G85 24.2

Machine learning

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Helio G96
Helio G85 18.1

Camera shooting

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Helio G96
Helio G85 9.26

HTML 5

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Helio G96
Helio G85 1.55

SQLite

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Helio G96
Helio G85 413.5

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test 4 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

53%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 8 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 5 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Mali-G52 MP2
  • Architecture Valhall Bifrost 2
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1000 MHz
  • Execution units 2 2
  • Shading units 32 32
  • FLOPS - 59 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 1.0
  • OpenCL version 2.0 2.0
  • DirectX version 12 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

memory-frequency

Memory frequency

2133 MHz
memory-frequency

Memory frequency

1800 MHz
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

-
memory-frequency

Max bandwidth

13.41 Gbit/s
memory-frequency

Max Size

10 GB
memory-frequency

Max Size

8 GB

  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

4G Speed
  • 600 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 150 Mbps
    Upload Speed
  • 300 Mbps
    Download Speed
  • 100 Mbps
    Upload Speed
5G Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed
  • -
    Download Speed
  • -
    Upload Speed

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 7
  • 5G support No No
  • Wi-Fi 5 5
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Helio G96

CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

MediaTek Helio G85

CPU
14%
GPU
10%
Memory
21%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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