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MediaTek Helio G85
The budget 4G chip that would not quit: two Cortex-A75 cores and a Mali-G52 on 12nm, shipped in the Redmi 9, Realme Narzo and a hundred others - and still being designed into new ultra-budget phones years later.
Pros
- Astonishing market longevity
- Cheap and thermally boring
- HyperEngine game tuning helped its class
Cons
- 12nm process ancient by 2026
- Slow storage and LPDDR4X pairings
- Mali-G52 MC2 entry GPU
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Helio G85
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 12 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 5 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 + 6x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G52 MC2
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-1800
- Max bandwidth
- 14.4 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated LTE Cat-7
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 60Hz
- Video capture
- 2K@30fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 12
- 393,627Bottom 5%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 409Bottom 12%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 1,423Bottom 17%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 187Bottom 16%
Devices with the MediaTek Helio G85
17 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Helio G85 good in 2026?
The MediaTek Helio G85 earns an Inno Score of 25.4/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The budget 4G chip that would not quit: two Cortex-A75 cores and a Mali-G52 on 12nm, shipped in the Redmi 9, Realme Narzo and a hundred others - and still being designed into new ultra-budget phones years later.
What is the MediaTek Helio G85 AnTuTu score?
The MediaTek Helio G85 scores 393,627 points in AnTuTu 12. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 409 single-core and 1,423 multi-core.
Which devices use the MediaTek Helio G85?
17 devices in our catalog use the MediaTek Helio G85: Motorola Moto G24 Power, Motorola Moto G24, realme C65, OUKITEL WP35 S, Redmi Pad SE 8.7, and more.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Helio G85?
Cores: 8 · Process: 12 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G52 MC2
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Helio G85?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 712, MediaTek Helio G80, Unisoc SC9863A — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
