MediaTek Helio G81 vs Samsung Exynos 2500

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
2000 MHz
3300 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
12 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G52 MP2
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GPU frequency
950 MHz
1300 MHz
Shading units
24
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Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1800 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.41 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Yes
Yes

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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Video capture
2K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

5G support
No
Yes
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.4
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
4G support
-
LTE Cat. 24

Info

Announced
Aug 2024
Aug 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
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S5E9955

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
262,145
2,519,784
Geekbench 6
420
2,648
Geekbench 6
1,391
9,881
FP32 (float)
91
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