MediaTek Helio G90T 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 G90T (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 28)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 23)
MediaTek Helio G90T
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G90T

28/100
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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 G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 28.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 23.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 2 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 79% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
NPU theoretical performance 1 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 2.0 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 198415 1112833
GPU 52862 1494722
Memory 100731 442350
Total score 496788 3950082
UX 144780 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2050 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 G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Call of Duty: Mobile 41 FPS[Ultra] —
Device Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro1080 x 2340 —
Fortnite 29 FPS[Low] —
Genshin Impact 27 FPS[Medium] —
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 55 FPS[High] —
PUBG Mobile 52 FPS[Low] —
World of Tanks Blitz 46 FPS[Ultra] —

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 91.5 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 5.01 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.12 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.83 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.08 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 55.3 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 47.2 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.08 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 35.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 62.3 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 273.5 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 18 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.56 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 10 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 5.69 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 153.6 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 800 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 24 512
Total shaders 96 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced July 2019 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6785V/CC SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio G90T official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -MediaTek Helio G99 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max size 10 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Max bandwidth — 84.8 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP 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 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 6971 15949
Phones tested Less than 3 13 models
Photo editing score 18399 40273
Video editing score 5648 8052
Web score 7027 16855
Writing score 8199 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-04-27(Joe) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-08(dizz_tech) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-26(Drakarys) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-10(Edward) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-01(Suraj) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-29(hizuro) CPU Throttle —
📘 2026-08-19(Ammar) 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 G90T Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Realme 6 502895 —
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro 495638 —
Phones with Helio G90T 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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