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MediaTek Helio G90
The standard Helio G90 is the lower-clocked sibling of the G90T, announced in July 2019 as a 12 nm 4G gaming chip. MediaTek lists two Cortex-A76 and six Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2.0 GHz, a Mali-G76 MC4 GPU at up to 720 MHz and a Cat-12 LTE modem, against 2.05 GHz and 800 MHz on the G90T.
Pros
- Two Cortex-A76 and six Cortex-A55 cores, all at up to 2.0 GHz
- Mali-G76 MC4 GPU at up to 720 MHz with MediaTek HyperEngine game tuning
- Supports up to 10 GB of LPDDR4X-2133 memory and UFS 2.1 or eMMC 5.1 storage
- Triple-ISP camera pipeline supports up to 48 MP at 30 fps and 24+16 MP dual cameras
- Cat-12 LTE modem with dual 4G VoLTE (DSDS), 4x4 MIMO and 3-carrier aggregation
Cons
- 4G LTE only; no 5G modem
- The 12 nm process is well behind later 6 nm mid-range chips such as the Helio G99
- Display support stops at 2400 x 1080 at 60 Hz (the G90T allows 90 Hz) and the camera tops out at 48 MP instead of 64 MP
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Helio G90
General
- Announced
- 2019
- Process
- 12 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G76 MC4
- GPU clock
- 720 MHz
AI
- NPU
- 2x MediaTek APU
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-2133
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated LTE Cat-12
- Max download
- 0.6 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 60Hz
- Video capture
- 4K@30fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 415Bottom 36%
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Helio G90 good in 2026?
We haven't scored the MediaTek Helio G90 yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The standard Helio G90 is the lower-clocked sibling of the G90T, announced in July 2019 as a 12 nm 4G gaming chip. MediaTek lists two Cortex-A76 and six Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2.0 GHz, a Mali-G76 MC4 GPU at up to 720 MHz and a Cat-12 LTE modem, against 2.05 GHz and 800 MHz on the G90T.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Helio G90?
Cores: 8 · Process: 12 nm · GPU: Arm Mali-G76 MC4
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Helio G90?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 665, Samsung Exynos 850, MediaTek Helio G85 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
