Xiaomi Redmi 9 with MediaTek Helio G80 Gaming Processor!

Benny Efosa
3 min readJul 31, 2020

Xiaomi’s latest offering; the Redmi 9 smartphone is powered by the powerful MediaTek Helio G80 gaming processor. The phone, thanks to the gaming processor is fully equipped to take on heavy games like PUBG, Fortnite. It is a nice option for consumers looking for a powerful gaming smartphone. Let’s look into the specifications of the processor.

After the Helio G90T, MediaTek took it upon themselves to do something more and better and worked on introducing an even better gaming chipset; Helio G80. This covers more gaming sections in the midrange market while offering better and faster gaming smartphones at affordable prices.

The processor has been made over the 12nm TSMC fabrication which is used in the entire Helio G Series. It has a highly capable CPU in an octa-core design. It has two Cortex-A75 performance cores, clocked at 2.05GHz and six Cortex-A55 efficiency cores at 2.0GHz. Here, the GPU of the MediaTek Helio G80 is worth a mention. It has the Mali-G52 MC2 GPU which can reach up to 950MHz in clock speed. Owing to magnificent management of CPU, GPU and memory keeping measurement of power, thermal and gameplay factors under strict consideration, G80 extends what is expected from this processor.

Boosted clock speeds is one of the next commendable features of G80. It adds to the enhanced productivity of the processor. At the same time, MediaTek HyperEngine connectivity enhancements enables the smartphone to deliver the best of gaming performance followed by excellent user experience. It enables performance by brilliantly predicting concurrency of Wi-Fi and LTE. Helio G80 also supports up to 8gb of LPDDR x RAM of maximum 1800MHz frequency. Talking about the camera support, it has default support for up to 48MP resolution single camera or up to 16MP dual cameras along with 2k video shooting at 30fps and 1080p at 60fps.

Helio G80 is one of the distinguished processors produced by the company, indeed. It has everything that meets the demands of the masses and even more up its sleeve. With this being the integrated chipset in the Redmi 9, you need not worry about the performance of the phone with regards to gaming. And, it’s not just for the gamers and for gaming but it is equally efficient and powerful at any other normal tasks at hand. This chipset guarantees seamless performance, with no lag or hassle whatsoever.

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