Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs MediaTek Helio G91

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4610 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
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L2 cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
12 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 840
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1000 MHz
Shading units
512
24
Execution units
-
2
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0

Memory

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

AI

NPU
Hexagon
MediaTek APU

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
eMMC 5.1
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
-
2520 x 1080

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
Yes
No
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
6.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Download speed
-
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
-
Up to 100 Mbps

Info

Announced
Sep 2025
Jun 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
SM8850
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Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
271,623
Geekbench 6
3,834
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Geekbench 6
12,396
-
FP32 (float)
3,686
96