Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G88

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A16 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 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.6-A	ARMv8.2-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 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

eMMC 5.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 6	Mali-G52 MP2
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Bifrost
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	1000 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	32
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.0
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2796x1290	2520x1080@90Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	2K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS