Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G35

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs MediaTek Helio G35. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Helio G35
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 A15 Bionic
1299090
MediaTek Helio G35
144387
CPU30991652240
GPU43210519256
Memory24396440204
UX31310532687
NanoReview Score1299090144387
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
MediaTek Helio G35
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test56 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
MediaTek Helio G35
189
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
MediaTek Helio G35
810
File Compression203.3 MB/s63.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/s25.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/sec36.1 MP/sec
Background Blur22.2 frames/s0.87 frames/s
Photo Processing60.2 frames/s7.57 frames/s
Image Detection130 frames/s10.5 frames/s
HDR169.9 MP/sec30 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/sec1.65 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 23 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 29 FPS (Medium)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 30 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 43 FPS (Low)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 29 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Poco C3 (720x1600)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
- 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3230 2300
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 15 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 2.2 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU PowerVR GE8320
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 5 4
Shader Units 128 8
Total shader 640 32
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS 43.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
OpenCL n/a 1.2

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine No
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1600 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 13.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2400x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x25 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr June, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename APL1W07 MT6765G

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A15 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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