Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G36

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with MediaTek Helio G36. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	2.2 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Imagination PowerVR GE8320
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Rogue
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	256	64
OpenCL API		1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2400x1080@90Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 50MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.150 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS