MediaTek Helio G50 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 G50 (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 12)
MediaTek Helio G50
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G50

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 G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 21.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 12.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 78565 1112833
GPU 15874 1494722
Memory 43978 442350
Total score 184328 3950082
UX 45911 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 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-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 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

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 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 G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced February 2025 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number MT6765V SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio G50 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 12.8 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 G50 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

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API — Vulkan
Asset compression — 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR — 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing — 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing — 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples — 79 tests
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date — Benchmark
📘 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 G50 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
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

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