MediaTek Helio G85- All You Need To Know!

Arjun Agarwal
2 min readMay 8, 2020

MediaTek has been in the processor business for more than 15 years and it has undoubtedly developed many different series of chipsets over the years but it recently found its holding in mobile gaming space last year when it came up with a dedicated lineup of chipsets that were all aimed at mid-range mobile gamers. Helio G90T was the flagship in the lineup of the same and that came with the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro. Then came the Helio G80 and the Helio G70 SoCs. Now the time has come for the unveiling of the new Helio G85. It is also a part of the G series and it has been carefully designed especially for gaming and online streaming as its priority.

Let’s look into the specifications of the MediaTek Helio G85 processor. As far as the tagline for the Helio G85 is considered it is “Made for everyday gamers” as well as for every mid-range smartphone user.

It comes with two Cortex-A75 cores clocked at up to 2.0GHz and six Cortex A55 operating at up to 1.8GHz. It packs an Arm Mali-G52 GPU with a peak of 1GHz. Helio G85 is embedded with MediaTek’s HyperEngine’s various technologies that enables it to enhance the overall gaming experience with sustained performance and longer gameplay with are two of the most important aspects for a gamer. With the performance optimization features of the HyperEngine, the camera expects smoother performance in heavy loading game engines, with demanding scenes and intense gameplay along with intelligent dynamic management of CPU, GPU, all in order to provide the best gaming experience to the user.

The chipset also has built-in VoW capabilities that helps in minimizing the power of application in the Android OS. It includes a multitude of hardware accelerators, along with a hardware depth engine for dual camera bokeh images. Helio G85 can also perform ultra-fast recording up to 240fps.

The Helio G85’s internal navigation technology provides an accurate location irrespective of where the user is. Whether its underground or even in a tunnel, where GNSS services are unavailable. Since it comes with the support dual 4G SIM, the chipset provides exceptional voice and video call quality via VoLTE/ViLTE services, while it also enables a faster connection setup time, more reliable coverage and lower power consumption from either SIM connection.

It also boosts the performance of the AI camera tasks such as Google Lens, Smart Photo Albums, Scene detection and segmentation with background removal, as well as bokeh enhancements.

MediaTek Helio G85 has been carefully designed to offer users an elite gaming experience. It is packed with impressive features alongside admirable performance, minimal power consumption and a range of gaming enhancements so that the users can enjoy fast and smooth gameplay with no lags or hiccups whatsoever.

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Arjun Agarwal

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