Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: Apple A12 Bionic, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A12 Bionic and MediaTek Helio G99
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
MediaTek Helio G99
422461
CPU198067131367
GPU18535571737
Memory152138100728
UX164631118629
NanoReview Score700191422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Stability69 %n/a
Graphics Test31 fps7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression108.3 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser61.7 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering78.6 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur10.6 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing36.4 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection21.4 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR89.6 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.35 MP/sec2.79 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 86 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 37 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 91 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 66 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 55 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 48 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Cubot X70 (1080x2408)

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2490 2200
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A12 GPU Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1125 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 64 32
Total shader 256 64
FLOPS 576 GFLOPS 128 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2688x1242 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Intel XMM 7560 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 1000 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2018 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1W81 MT6789

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A12 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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