Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G96

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs MediaTek Helio G96. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Helio G96
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 G96
381469
CPU309916123372
GPU43210570302
Memory24396489831
UX31310597964
NanoReview Score1299090381469
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
MediaTek Helio G96
1154
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test56 fps6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
MediaTek Helio G96
645
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
MediaTek Helio G96
1855
File Compression203.3 MB/s89.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/s47.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/sec69.6 MP/sec
Background Blur22.2 frames/s5.29 frames/s
Photo Processing60.2 frames/s19.1 frames/s
Image Detection130 frames/s35.2 frames/s
HDR169.9 MP/sec56.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/sec2.76 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 72 FPS (Low)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 42 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite n/a 26 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 58 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 66 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 23 FPS (Low)
Device n/a Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
- 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3230 2050
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 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU Mali-G57 MP2
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 5 2
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 640 64
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS 121.6 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 Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS n/a

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 6 GB 10 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.2
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x108 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr June, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1W07 MT6781

Results

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

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