MediaTek Helio P90 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 P90 (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 17)
MediaTek Helio P90
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio P90

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 P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 24.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 17.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 2.0 Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 147561 1112833
GPU 41382 1494722
Memory 68585 442350
Total score 388553 3950082
UX 131025 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A756x 2 GHz – Cortex A55 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) 5 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 13 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, Galileo 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 P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Asset compression 75.4 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 3.55 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
HDR 40.8 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 44.1 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Image detection 25.4 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 44.8 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 10.3 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.48 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 79 tests
API — Vulkan
Edge detection — 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.04 Gpixels/sec
Horizon detection — 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4390.2 FPS
Stereo matching — 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 124.1 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 970 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 8 3
Shading units 8 512
Total shaders 64 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced November 2018 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6779V/CU SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio P90 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site
Successor -MediaTek Helio G99 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.91 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - 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 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS
Stability — 67%

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio P90 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 P90 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 P90 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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