Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Samsung Exynos 9820. 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

Exynos 9820

638571

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Exynos 9820

730

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Exynos 9820

2305

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M4 2x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A75 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 12 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Mali-G76 MP12
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Bifrost
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	4	12
Shaders	256	192
OpenCL API		2.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@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	2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS