MediaTek Helio G50 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
Frequency
2200 MHz
4610 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
12 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
1792 KB
L2 cache
-
24 MB
L3 cache
-
8 MB

Graphics

GPU name
PowerVR GE8320
Adreno 840
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1200 MHz
Shading units
8
512
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
-
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.9 Gbit/s
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AI

NPU
No
Hexagon

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
eMMC 5.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2400 x 1080
-
Max camera resolution
1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 30FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Feb 2025
Sep 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
MT6765V
SM8850
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
149,247
3,115,282
FP32 (float)
43
3,686
Geekbench 6
-
3,834
Geekbench 6
-
12,396