Exynos 850 vs Helio G36
We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 850 (with Mali-G52 MP1 graphics) and MediaTek Helio G36 (PowerVR GE8320). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Samsung Exynos 850
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 12 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 42%) AnTuTu 9 score – 144K vs 101K
- Higher GPU frequency (~21%)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G36
- Announced 1-year and 9-months later
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2200 vs 2000 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 43099 | 30491 |
| GPU | 24795 | 16926 |
| Memory | 35711 | 25517 |
| UX | 41901 | 29281 |
| Total score | 144369 | 101683 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 74.3 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 10.4 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 16.7 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 12.4 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 5.29 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 1.38 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 356.2 Krows/s | - |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | - |
| Score | 508 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 850 and Helio G36CPU
| Architecture | 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 | 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| TDP | 3 W | 2.2 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G52 MP1 | PowerVR GE8320 |
| Architecture | Bifrost 2 | Rogue |
| GPU frequency | 820 MHz | 680 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 2 |
| Shading units | 96 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 126 Gigaflops | 56 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | - | 13.9 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | No |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | eMMC 5.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2400 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 50MP, 2x 13MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 1K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 1080p at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | May 2020 | February 2022 |
| Class | Low end | Low end |
| Model number | S5E3830 | - |
| Official page | Samsung Exynos 850 official site | MediaTek Helio G36 official site |
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