MediaTek has announced Helio G80 in the ‘G series’, which is an enhanced version of the G70 series which was announced last month. It is targeted at budget and mid-range gaming smartphones and features MediaTek’s HyperEngine game technology to boost the mobile gaming experience. It packs dual ARM Cortex-A75 and hexa Cortex-A55 CPUs with the Arm Mali — G52 2EEMC2 with speeds of up to 950MHz and is based on 12nm TSMC FinFET technology. Similar to the G70, the G80 also lacks dedicated APU, which the Helio G90 series have.
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 G80 specifications
| Helio G80 | Helio G70 | |
| Process | TSMC 12nm | |
| CPU | 2x Cortex-A75 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz |
2x Cortex-A76 @ 2 GHz 6x Cortex-A55 @ 1.7GHz |
| Memory | 1x LPDDR3 Up to 933 MHz, up to 4GB, 2x LPDDR4x Up to 1800MHz, up to 8GB, eMMC 5.1 | |
| 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; |
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| Display | 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 | |
| Graphics | ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 @ 950MHz | ARM Mali-G52 2EEMC2 @ 820MHz |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
MediaTek Helio G70 will make its debut in realme C3 smartphone later this week, and the G80 will debut in budget smartphone launching in India later this month.
Yenchi Lee, Assistant General Manager of MediaTek’s wireless business unit, said:
The smartphone gaming market is expanding, and MediaTek’s G series chipsets deliver the power, performance and game-play features that let device makers innovate and cater to consumer gaming demands. The G series chips have an impressive combination of hardware and software to optimize performance, provide superb image quality, smooth game-play and ensure uninterrupted connectivity for dedicated gamers.