MediaTek Helio G96 vs Google Tensor G5

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MediaTek Helio G96

Google Tensor G5

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2050MHz MediaTek Helio G96 vs. 8 cores 3400MHz Google Tensor G5 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Google Tensor G5 Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.536 TFLOPS vs 0.243 TFLOPS )

Higher Frequency (3400MHz vs 2050MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 12nm)

Released 4 years and 2 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

MediaTek Helio G96

388043

Google Tensor G5 +272%

1445942

FP32 (float)

MediaTek Helio G96

243

Google Tensor G5 +532%

1536

MediaTek Helio G96

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Google Tensor G5

CPU

2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55

Architecture

1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A725
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A525

2050 MHz

Frequency

3400 MHz

8

Cores

8

ARMv8.2-A

Instruction set

ARMv9.2-A

12 nm

Process

3 nm

5 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Mali-G57 MP2

GPU name

-

950 MHz

GPU frequency

1100 MHz

2

Execution units

-

64

Shading units

-

10

Max size

16

0.243 TFLOPS

FLOPS

1.536 TFLOPS

1.3

Vulkan version

-

2.0

OpenCL version

-

12

DirectX version

-

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

2133 MHz

Memory frequency

-

2x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

17.1 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2

Storage type

UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0

2520 x 1080

Max display resolution

3840 x 2400

1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 13

4G support

-

No

5G support

Yes

Up to 650 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 150 Mbps

Upload speed

-

5

Wi-Fi

7

5.2

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Jun 2021

Announced

Aug 2025

Mid range

Class

Flagship

MT6781

Model number

-

MediaTek Helio G96

Official page

-

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