CPUSmartphoneReleased 2021

MediaTek Helio G96

8C/8T · 2.0 GHz

The MediaTek Helio G96 is a gaming smartphone chip announced on July 27, 2021 together with the Helio G88. It combines two Arm Cortex-A76 cores at 2.05 GHz with six Cortex-A55 cores and a Mali-G57 MC2 GPU, and was MediaTek's first Helio G chip to support 120 Hz Full HD+ displays and 108 MP main cameras. Storage support extends to UFS 2.2, and connectivity includes a dual 4G VoLTE LTE Cat.13 modem with 4x4 MIMO, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.2.

General

Manufacturer: MediaTek
Model: MediaTek Helio G96
Segment: Smartphone
Generation: Helio G
Codename: MT6781, MT6781V/CD
Architecture: ARM64
Microarchitecture: 2× Cortex-A76 @2.05 GHz + 6× Cortex-A55 @2.0 GHz
Release date: 2021
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 8 cores / 8 threadsP2+E6
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 2.05 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: —
L3 cache: —
Technology (nm): 12 nm
TSMC 12 nm FFC

Platform

Socket: —
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Mali-G57 MC2
Clock: 950 MHz
Memory type: LPDDR4X
Memory size: —
ECC memory: —
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: Armv8.2-A
NPU: None

OS support

Notes: A smartphone SoC for Android devices. Windows, macOS, ChromeOS and desktop Linux distributions are not supported.

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