Exynos 850 vs Helio P65

We compared two 8-core processors: Samsung Exynos 850 (with Mali-G52 MP1 graphics) and MediaTek Helio P65 (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 850
  • Has a smaller size transistor (8 versus 12 nm)
  • Higher GPU frequency (~22%)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of MediaTek Helio P65
  • Performs 64% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 22%) AnTuTu 11 score – 285K vs 234K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
234339
Helio P65 +22%
285204
CPU 102498 124611
GPU 10785 16453
Memory 67388 65768
UX 53668 78372
Total score 234339 285204
Samples [19 tests] [7 tests]

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Helio P65 +38%
414
Multi-Core Score
Helio P65 +42%
1183
Asset compression 68.9 MB/sec 68.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 31.2 pages/sec 36 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 42.3 Mpixels/sec 43.9 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 11.3 images/sec 24.2 images/sec
HDR 37.8 Mpixels/sec 43.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 1.93 images/sec 2.78 images/sec
Photo processing 9.2 images/sec 2.51 images/sec
Ray tracing 2 Mpixels/sec 1.93 Mpixels/sec
Samples 2 tests 3 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Helio P65 +62%
968
Background blur 0.99 images/sec 1.55 images/sec
Face detection 0.62 images/sec 0.89 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.06 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.01 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 1.8 Gpixels/sec 2.93 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 58.3 FPS 138.8 FPS
API Vulkan OpenCL
Samples - 3 tests

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
5593
Helio P65 +18%
6593
Web score 4948 6278
Video editing score 5163 4970
Data manipulation score 3929 5210
Photo editing score 8993 11334
Writing score 5825 6764
Phones tested 5 models Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Samsung Exynos 850
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 -> HABIBOAnTuTu 12304257
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Galaxy A04s)AnTuTu 11236832
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-25 (stockman50)AnTuTu 11266604
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (Joner)AnTuTu 11228034
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-16 (Abdul ahad)AnTuTu 11258064
MediaTek Helio P65
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 (Π”ΠΌΠΈΡ‚Ρ€ΠΈΠΉ)AnTuTu 11285204
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 -> KntbekovvdkgAnTuTu 11241611
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-27 (Peppa228)AnTuTu 11253705
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (Π§Π˜Π›Π˜Πš)AnTuTu 11286046
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-30 (Todoshi)AnTuTu 11290447

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Exynos 850 and Helio P65

CPU

Architecture 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process 8 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count - 5.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 3 W -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G52 MP1 Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU frequency 1001 MHz 820 MHz
Pipelines 1 2
Shading units 16 24
Total shaders 16 48
FLOPS 48 Gigaflops 78.7 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 1.3
OpenCL version 2.0 2.0

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) No Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth - 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1 eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
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 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced May 2020 June 2019
Class Low end Mid range
Model number S5E3830 MT6768
Official page Samsung Exynos 850 official site MediaTek Helio P65 official site

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