MediaTek Helio G88 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (97/100)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G88 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5:
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 24)
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 18)
MediaTek Helio G88
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G88

24/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
DeviceBenchmark Score 24.0 Poor 97.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 18.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 1 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 98% 67%
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 46 FPS
Section 3 — 40 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 144055 1112833
GPU 28590 1494722
Memory 86093 442350
Total score 365001 3950082
UX 106263 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
5G support No Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 6.0
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 100 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API OpenCL Vulkan
Asset compression 74.4 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 3.14 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 0.07 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 1.09 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.05 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 45.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 37.4 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 26 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 50.3 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 168 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 13.8 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 2.11 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 15 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 3.57 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 96 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1000 MHz 1200 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0 3.0
Pipelines 2 3
Shading units 24 512
Total shaders 48 1536
Vulkan version 1.3 1.4
DirectX version — 12.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced June 2021 September 2025
Class Low end Flagship
Model number MT6769H SM8850-AC
Official page MediaTek Helio G88 official site Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 13.41 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 1800 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 3840 x 2540
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 2K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 2K at 30FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score 5214 15949
Phones tested 11 models 13 models
Photo editing score 18013 40273
Video editing score 6126 8052
Web score 10167 16855
Writing score 7926 26073

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-04-25(Windex) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-30(PhantomHail) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-08(HimerOpi) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-26(Shahin) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-29(Sanul) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-02(Mpanpis) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-07(user_chupapu) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-17(StalinxQQ) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification MediaTek Helio G88 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.Xiaomi Redmi 10 385831 —
10.TCL 50 SE 304588 —
2.Infinix Hot 40 378680 —
3.Tecno Spark 10 Pro 377243 —
4.Xiaomi Redmi 12 370165 —
5.Realme C55 365001 —
6.Xiaomi Redmi 10 2022 362744 —
7.Honor X8a 339004 —
8.Tecno Pova 3 336634 —
9.Infinix Hot 30 331642 —
Phones with Helio G88 AnTuTu v11 —
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

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