MediaTek Helio G36 SoC debuts to elevate next-gen budget smartphones for improved screens and cameras

[Redaktion]

MediaTek has indicated that the updated Helio G36 SoC will be the one to bring specs such as 50MP rear cameras and 90Hz displays to the new budget, 4G/LTE-only smartphones of the near future. It also boasts a GPU optimized with the OEM's HyperEngine 2.0 Lite features for potentially enhanced gaming at this tier; then again, some on-chip specs remain unchanged compared to its predecessor.

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[Murray Henley]

It can only encode video at 1080P @ 30 fps.

There is a large and visible difference between 30 fps and 60 fps

[Edward williams]

In 2023 there is no excuse to just use Cortex A53 cores. Mediatek should as an absolute minimum use a couple of A76 large cores to improve single threaded performance.