The Mediatek Helio G85 SoC is the new mobile chip for every mid-range user. Here’s why

MediaTek has been making smartphone processors for more than 15 years and has developed many different series of chipsets over the years but recently found itself in mobile gaming space last year with a dedicated lineup of chipsets all aimed at mid-range mobile gamers.

The MediaTek Helio G90T was the flagship in the lineup and debuted with the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, followed by the Helio G80 and the Helio G70 SoCs. Now, the chip company has unveiled its latest entry dubbed the MediaTek Helio G85. Part of the G series, the processor is designed with gaming and online streaming in mind.

We all have found ouselves in this scenario whereby we run out of battery life while streaming our favourite movie series online or playing catch for the very next chicken dinner. Lol…who haven’t

Now, the fabless chip manufacturer has moved a step down to introduce a chip that just about arrests all these with promise of better battery management even on your self-dubbed mid-range device.

According to Xiaomi at Redmi Note 9 launch event, the MediaTek Helio G85, is “Made for everyday gamers” and just about every mid-range smartphone user. It comes with the 2+6 core arrangement where there are two Cortex-A75 cores clocked at up to 2.0GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores. Though as of now, the clock speeds for the Cortex-A55 cores is unknown.

The Mediatek G85 SoC powered Redmi Note 9 scores trumped the Snapdragon and Exynos devices

However, Xiaomi did share some benchmarks at the launch event which pegged the Helio G85-powered Redmi Note 9 beat the Snapdragon 665 and the Exynos 9611, both of which power devices in the ₦85000- ₦95000 price range in Nigeria market.

Further, MediaTek had announced that it will enable YouTube video streams using the cutting-edge AV1 video codec on the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 5G SoC. The company says as the AV1 codec has improved compression efficiency, the processor will give users “incredible visual quality and smoother video experiences, while using less data.”

As a mid-range user and in this day and age where a lot of the media consumption takes place on the phone, the implementation will be quite useful as users will be using less battery with the same amount of video streaming.

Originally Posted On NaijaTechGuy