Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Helio P90
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A756x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
Frequency
4610 MHz
2200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
-
L2 cache
24 MB
0
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
12 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
TDP
-
5 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
PowerVR GM9446
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
970 MHz
Shading units
512
8
Execution units
-
10
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
-
1866 MHz
Max bandwidth
-
13.91 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 64MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
MediaTek APU 2.0
Max display resolution
-
2520 x 1080
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Download speed
-
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 150 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Nov 2018
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
SM8850
MT6779V/CU
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
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Geekbench 6
3,834
-
Geekbench 6
12,396
-
FP32 (float)
3,686
155