Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Helio G99

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs MediaTek Helio G99. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro 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 A18 Pro
1813449
MediaTek Helio G99
422461
CPU465726131367
GPU72173871737
Memory250875100728
UX375110118629
NanoReview Score1813449422461
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
MediaTek Helio G99
1243
Graphics Testn/a7 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
3582
MediaTek Helio G99
729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
9089
MediaTek Helio G99
1979
File Compression300.1 MB/s99.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser193.3 pages/s50.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.2 MP/sec70.6 MP/sec
Background Blur39.2 frames/s6.15 frames/s
Photo Processing90.3 frames/s18.8 frames/s
Image Detection322.7 frames/s40.1 frames/s
HDR294.3 MP/sec54.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.08 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 - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2/2.2 (Cortex-A76)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 6 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-G57 MP2
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 1st gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 768 64
FLOPS 2289 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
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 17.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 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 n/a 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x108 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
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 650 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V07 MT6789

Results

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

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