Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G90

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with MediaTek Helio G90. 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 G90

342739

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Helio G90

511

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Helio G90

1632

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 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 10 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Mali-G76 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	4	4
Shaders	256	64
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 64MP, 1x 24MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@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	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS