Exynos 1330 vs Helio G85

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 1330 (with Mali-G68 MP2 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G85 (Mali-G52 MP2). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Samsung Exynos 1330
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 12 nm)
  • Supports 91% higher memory bandwidth (25.6 against 13.41 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 74%) AnTuTu 11 score – 607K vs 348K
  • Performs 27% better in floating-point computations
  • 20% higher CPU clock speed (2400 vs 2000 MHz)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G85
  • Higher GPU frequency (~5%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
607489
348562
CPU 274218 134798
GPU 42656 28350
Memory 107262 87667
UX 183353 97747
Total score 607489 348562
Samples [25 tests] [65 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Exynos 1330 +129%
960
419
Multi-Core Score
1826
1461
Asset compression 107 MB/sec 75.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 59.9 pages/sec 38.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 65.3 Mpixels/sec 51.3 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 41 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
HDR 57.2 Mpixels/sec 45.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 6.33 images/sec 3.04 images/sec
Photo processing 10.6 images/sec 14.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.43 Mpixels/sec 1.99 Mpixels/sec
Samples 10 tests 35 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
1286
1056
Background blur 1.94 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Face detection 0.95 images/sec 1.09 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 3.73 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 221.7 FPS 100.4 FPS
API OpenCL Vulkan
Samples 3 tests 17 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
139
Score 139 80
Stability 97% -
Graphics test 1 FPS 1 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
364
187
Score 364 187
Stability 97% 98%
Graphics test 2 FPS 1 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
11711
8539
Web score 10836 8358
Video editing score 6753 6167
Data manipulation score 9036 5552
Photo editing score 20957 16644
Writing score 16436 9124
Phones tested 3 models 20 models

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 45 FPS
[High]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 40 FPS
[Medium]
Fortnite - 21 FPS
[Low]
Shadowgun Legends - 49 FPS
[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz - 51 FPS
[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 46 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - Xiaomi Redmi Note 9
1080 x 2340
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 1330
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (IhaveName)AnTuTu 12341823
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (ACIMASIZ)AnTuTu 12706733
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Đỗ Đông Điền)AnTuTu 11632633
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Tom Pearl)AnTuTu 12754245
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Điền)AnTuTu 11516874
MediaTek Helio G85
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Jaigv)AnTuTu 12401990
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Jaigv)Geekbench 7 CPU380 / 1441
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Bruno)AnTuTu 12411293
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Carl M)AnTuTu 11346590
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-08 (Ramjan miah)AnTuTu 11320749

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 1330 and Helio G85

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2400 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Process 5 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 5 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MP2 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 949 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 2 2
Shading units 32 24
Total shaders 64 48
FLOPS 121.5 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
NPU theoretical performance 4.9 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2550 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced February 2023 April 2020
Class Low end Low end
Model number S5E8535 MT6769Z
Official page Samsung Exynos 1330 official site MediaTek Helio G85 official site
Successor - - MediaTek Helio G88

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