Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Helio G81

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs MediaTek Helio G81. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro and MediaTek Helio G81
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 A18 Pro
1813449
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
CPU46572677856
GPU72173835328
Memory25087564438
UX37511081084
NanoReview Score1813449258706
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
3582
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
9089
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
File Compression300.1 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser193.3 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering215.2 MP/secn/a
Background Blur39.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing90.3 frames/sn/a
Image Detection322.7 frames/sn/a
HDR294.3 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing9.08 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2000
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 10 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 Pro GPU Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 768 48
FLOPS 2289 GFLOPS 96 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine Yes
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 1800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
Max. resolution n/a 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr August, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename APL1V07 MT6769J

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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