Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio A25

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 Bionic with MediaTek Helio A25. 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 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	4 nm	12 nm
Number of transistors	16000 million
TDP	8 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Imagination PowerVR GE8320
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Rogue
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	660 MHz
Execution units	5	1
Shaders	640	64
OpenCL API		1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290	1600x720
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 16MP, 1x 13MP + 1x 5MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS