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MediaTek Helio G99
The most stubbornly popular 4G chip of the decade: a 6nm design with two Cortex-A76 cores that still turns up in new budget phones and tablets years after launch. Cheap, cool and entirely adequate — provided you never needed 5G.
Pros
- Very efficient TSMC 6nm design
- Supports 108MP cameras and FHD+ 120Hz displays
- Cool and predictable under sustained load
- Kept budget phones and tablets affordable for years
Cons
- No 5G modem at all
- Mali-G57 MC2 is entry-level for gaming
- Cortex-A76 cores date to 2018
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the MediaTek Helio G99
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Process
- 6 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 5 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.2
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
- Max clock
- 2.2 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Arm Mali-G57 MC2
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-4266
- Max bandwidth
- 17.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Integrated 4G LTE Cat-13
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.2
Media
- Max display
- FHD+ @ 120Hz
- Video capture
- 1080p@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 10
- 405,000
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 730
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,010
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 345
Quick answers
Is the MediaTek Helio G99 good in 2026?
The MediaTek Helio G99 earns an Inno Score of 30.2/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The most stubbornly popular 4G chip of the decade: a 6nm design with two Cortex-A76 cores that still turns up in new budget phones and tablets years after launch. Cheap, cool and entirely adequate — provided you never needed 5G.
What are the key specs of the MediaTek Helio G99?
Cores: 8 · Process: 6 nm · AnTuTu 10: 405,000 · GPU: Arm Mali-G57 MC2
What are the closest alternatives to the MediaTek Helio G99?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 695, MediaTek Dimensity 6300, MediaTek Dimensity 7050 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
