MediaTek Helio G81 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 G81 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 24)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 18)
MediaTek Helio G81
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G81

24/100
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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 G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 24.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 18.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 1 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 143539 1112833
GPU 23709 1494722
Memory 90462 442350
Total score 358608 3950082
UX 100898 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 4 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Wi-Fi 5 7
Download speed — Up to 12500 Mbps
Modem — Snapdragon X85
Upload speed — Up to 3700 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 71.5 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 3.76 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 0.89 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.04 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 46.2 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 40.5 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 26.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 49.6 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 109.8 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 12.2 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.17 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 11 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 2.94 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 78.7 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 820 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 24 512
Total shaders 48 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced August 2024 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number MT6769J SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio G81 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 14.4 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1800 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 5618 15949
Phones tested 12 models 13 models
Photo editing score 19146 40273
Video editing score 6024 8052
Web score 9422 16855
Writing score 9297 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-05-25(Editaddicts) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-06-02(Keizer) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-02->Vintero_8 AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-07(Chelzie) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-07(Sg) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-02(Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-12(Wayne) 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 G81 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Tecno Spark 40 388287 —
10.Motorola Moto G06 353291 —
2.Motorola Moto G05 381428 —
3.Xiaomi Redmi 17C 4G 364670 —
4.Tecno Spark 40C 363458 —
5.Xiaomi Redmi 14C 362983 —
6.Infinix Hot 60i 362586 —
7.Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G 361928 —
8.Motorola Moto G06 Power 358608 —
9.Tecno Spark 30C 354460 —
Phones with Helio G81 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

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