Apple A13 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G88

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with MediaTek Helio G88. 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 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 12 nm
Number of transistors 8500 million
TDP 6 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

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. 3 Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
GPU frequency 1350 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 256 32
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.0
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 2520x1080@90Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 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 1.2 Gbps 0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 3 2021 Quarter 2
Partnumber APL1W85 MT6769H
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A13 Bionic
885295
Helio G88
249375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
1735
Helio G88
369

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
4109
Helio G88
1275