MediaTek Helio G36 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G36 (21/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 21)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 11)
MediaTek Helio G36
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G36

21/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 21.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 11.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 94323 1112833
GPU 12097 1494722
Memory 48922 442350
Total score 193858 3950082
UX 38516 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2200 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 2.2 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Vulkan Vulkan
Asset compression 54.3 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 0.79 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.01 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.17 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
HDR 26.9 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 26 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 9.8 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 33.8 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 29.3 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 5.74 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 1.57 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 3 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 0.25 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 43.5 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 680 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 1.2 3.0
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 8 512
Total shaders 32 1536
Vulkan version 1.1 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced February 2023 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number MT6765V/XAA, MT6765V/XBA SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio G36 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.9 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1600 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2400 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 1K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 1080p at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 3419 15949
Phones tested 3 models 13 models
Photo editing score 8642 40273
Video editing score 3191 8052
Web score 4927 16855
Writing score 4947 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-10-13(Mastermes) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-02-13(Redminovechh) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-06->NggakIngat AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-05(Mattia) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-18(Lutfi) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.TCL 501 203105 —
2.Infinix Smart 8 Pro 195541 —
3.Tecno Spark 20C 195539 —
4.TCL 505 193858 —
5.Xiaomi Poco C61 187715 —
6.Xiaomi Redmi A3 182792 —
7.Xiaomi Redmi A2 166119 —
Phones with Helio G36 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G36 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

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