Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G85

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with MediaTek Helio G85. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A12 Bionic

648957

Helio G85

242175

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Helio G85

359

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Helio G85

1287

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	MediaTek CorePilot

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Bifrost
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	256	32
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	2K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS