MediaTek has announced Helio G70 in the ‘G series’, which is the cheaper version of the G90 series which was announced last year. Designed to be used in budget and mid-range gaming smartphones, this has MediaTek’s HyperEngine game technology to boost the mobile gaming experience. It use ARM Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 CPUs with the Arm Mali — G52 2EEMC2 with speeds of up to 820MHz and are based on 12nm TSMC FinFET technology.
It supports up to 8GB of LPDDR4x and up to 2133MHz memory, L3 cache, CPU speeds of up to 2GHz, 48MP single camera and multi-camera combinations, dual-ISP design and AI facial detection and the power to accelerate AI-camera applications.
MediaTek’s HyperEngine technology includes:
- Intelligent Speed Uplift for Rapid Gameplay
- Intelligent prediction of Wi-Fi & LTE concurrency triggers in just 13 milliseconds
- A faster response between smartphone and cell-tower
- Simply defer calls while in-game without the connection dropping for a moment
- Resource Management Engine for Better, Longer Gameplay
- Intelligent, dynamic management of CPU, GPU and memory
- Smoother performance in heavy-loading game engines, demanding scenes and intense gameplay
- Enhanced power efficiency for even longer gameplay
MediaTek Helio G70 specifications
| Helio G70 | Helio G90 | |
| Process | TSMC 12nm | |
| CPU | 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz |
2x Cortex-A76 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 2GHz |
| Memory | 2X LPDDR4x Up to 1800MHz up to 8GB, eMMC 5.1 |
2X LPDDR4x Up to 2133MHz up to 8GB, eMMC 5.1 / UFS 2.1 |
| Camera | 16MP+16MP, 48MP / Dual camera
2X ISP; AI Face ID (Face Unlock), AI Smart Photo Album, Single-Cam/Dual-Cam Bokeh; Hardware Warping Engine (EIS); Rolling Shutter Compensation (RSC) engine; MEMA 3DNR; Multi-Frame Noise reduction; |
24MP+16MP, 48MP / Triple camera
3X ISP; AI Face Detection; HW depth engine; AINR; Single-Cam/Dual-Cam Bokeh; Hardware Warping Engine (EIS); Rolling Shutter Compensation (RSC) engine; MEMA 3DNR; Multi-Frame Noise reduction; |
| Display | 2520 x 1080 (Full HD+) at 21:9 60Hz | 2520 x 1080 (Full HD+) at 21:9 60Hz |
| Video Decode / Video Encode | 2160p (2160 x 1080), h.264, h.265 / HEVC 2K @ 30 fps, 1080P @ 60 fps | 2160p (2160 x 1080), h.264, h.265 / HEVC 4K 30fps, FHD 120fps, HD 240fps |
| Graphics | ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 @ 820MHz |
ARM Mali G76 3EEMC4 @ 720MHz |
| Modem | Cat-7 DL / Cat-13 UL, 4G Carrier Aggregation (CA), CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), 4G FDD / TDD, HSPA +, DL/UL CA, TAS 2.0, HPUE, IMS (VoLTE\ViLTE\WoWi-Fi), eMBMS, Dual 4G VoLTE (DSDS), Band 71 | Cat-12 DL / Cat-13 UL, 4X4 MIMO, 3XCA, 256QAM, TAS 2.0, HPUE, IMS (VoLTE\ViLTE\WoWi-Fi), eMBMS, Dual 4G VoLTE (DSDS), Band 71 |
| Connectivity | Integrated Dual-Band Wi-Fi 5 (a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 5.0, GPS + Glonass + Beidou + Galileo, FM radio |
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| Others | Intelligent VoW (voice on wakeup) | Intelligent Dual Mic Wake-up/ Dual Wake-up word |
MediaTek Helio G90T made its debut in Redmi Note 8 Pro smartphone, and the Helio G70 is said to be introduced in Redmi 9 launching in Q1 2020. We should know official roll out details soon.