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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 (typical)
- 270,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 420Bottom 13%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 1,350Bottom 12%
Devices with the MediaTek Helio G85
13 devices in our catalog use this chip
Also on this chip
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Helio G85 good in 2026?
The MediaTek Helio G85 earns an Inno Score of 26.2/100 (“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 270,000 points in AnTuTu. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 420 single-core and 1,350 multi-core.
Which devices use the MediaTek Helio G85?
13 devices in our catalog use the MediaTek Helio G85: Motorola Moto G24 Power, Motorola Moto G24, realme C65, Redmi Pad SE 8.7, itel VistaTab 12, and more.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Helio G85?
Cores: 8 · Process: 12 nm · AnTuTu: 270,000 · GPU: Arm Mali-G52 MC2
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Helio G85?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 439, Qualcomm Snapdragon 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 460 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
