MediaTek has officially announced Helio G85 in the ‘G series’, which is an enhanced version of the G80 series which was announced back in February. It is targeted at mid-range gaming smartphones and features MediaTek’s HyperEngine game technology to boost the mobile gaming experience. It packs dual ARM Cortex-A75 and hexa Cortex-A55 CPUs with the ARM Mali — G52 2EEMC2 with speeds of up to 1GHz and is based on 12nm TSMC FinFET technology. Similar to the G70 and G80, the G85 also lacks dedicated APU, which the Helio G90 series have.
MediaTek’s HyperEngine technology includes:
- Intelligent Speed Uplift for Rapid Gameplay
- Intelligent prediction of Wi-Fi & LTE concurrency triggers in just 13 milliseconds
- A faster response between smartphone and cell-tower
- Simply defer calls while in-game without the connection dropping for a moment
- Resource Management Engine for Better, Longer Gameplay
- Intelligent, dynamic management of CPU, GPU and memory
- Smoother performance in heavy-loading game engines, demanding scenes and intense gameplay
- Enhanced power efficiency for even longer gameplay
MediaTek Helio G85 specifications
| Helio G85 | Helio G80 | Helio G70 | |
| Process | TSMC 12nm | ||
| CPU | 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz |
2x Cortex-A76 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz |
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| Memory | 1x LPDDR3 Up to 933 MHz, up to 4GB, 2x LPDDR4x Up to 1800MHz, up to 8GB, eMMC 5.1 | ||
| Camera | 16MP+16MP, 48MP / Dual camera
2X ISP; AI Face ID (Face Unlock), AI Smart Photo Album, Single-Cam/Dual-Cam Bokeh; Hardware Warping Engine (EIS); Rolling Shutter Compensation (RSC) engine; MEMA 3DNR; Multi-Frame Noise reduction; |
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| Display | 2520 x 1080 (Full HD+) at 21:9 60Hz | ||
| Video Decode / Video Encode | 2160p (2160 x 1080), h.264, h.265 / HEVC 2K @ 30 fps, 1080P @ 60 fps | ||
| Graphics | ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 @ 1GHz | ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 @ 950MHz | ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 @ 820MHz |
| Modem | Cat-7 DL / Cat-13 UL, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), 4G FDD / TDD, HSPA +, DL/UL CA, TAS 2.0, HPUE, IMS (VoLTE\ViLTE\WoWi-Fi), eMBMS, Dual 4G VoLTE (DSDS), Band 71 | ||
| Connectivity | Integrated Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + Glonass + Beidou + Galileo, FM radio |
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| Others | Intelligent VoW (voice on wakeup) | ||
MediaTek Helio G85 made its debut in Redmi Note 9 smartphone that was introduced last week.
Yenchi Lee, Assistant General Manager of MediaTek’s wireless business unit, said:
MediaTek is expanding our Helio G family to give device makers more options in designing smartphones that deliver an elite gaming experience. The Helio G85 delivers a combination of impressive performance, minimal power consumption and a range of other gaming enhancements so users can enjoy fast and smooth gameplay.