MediaTek on Tuesday unveiled its Helio G85 mobile gaming-focused chipset. The Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company added this to the Gaming G Series family packs 1GHz GPU and HyperEngine enhancements that aim to enable powerful and smooth gaming on mobile devices.
"MediaTek is expanding Helio G family to give device makers more options in designing smartphones that deliver an elite gaming experience," Yenchi Lee, Assistant General Manager of MediaTek's wireless business unit said in a statement.
According to the company, equipped with MediaTek's proprietary HyperEngine, the HelioG85 achieves a Manhattan benchmark score up to 25 frames per second.
The chipset's octa-core CPU integrates two Arm Cortex-A75 processors that operate at up to 2GHz and six Cortex-A55 processors operating at up to 1.8GHz.
The chipset has built-in VoW capabilities that minimize the power of applications in the Android OS such as the always-on Google Assistant.
The Helio G85 gives devices makers the opportunity to create a wide range of multi-camera smartphones for more consumer choice.
Device makers can design smartphones with any mix of wide-angle, telescopic, macro and sensor sizes up to 48MP.
Additionally, the HelioG85 includes a multitude of hardware accelerators, including a hardware depth engine for dual-camera bokeh captures and more. The chipset can also perform ultra-fast recording up to 240fps.
With its support for dual 4G SIM, the chipset also aims to provide exceptional voice and video call quality via VoLTE/ViLTE services.
*Edited from an IANS report