Apple A18 vs MediaTek Helio G85

95 out 100
Apple A18
VS
25 out 100
MediaTek Helio G85

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs MediaTek Helio G85. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and MediaTek Helio G85
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18
1605038
MediaTek Helio G85
263249
CPU43135475141
GPU59898141989
Memory20883767477
UX36587678642
NanoReview Score1605038263249
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
MediaTek Helio G85
743
Graphics Testn/a4 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
MediaTek Helio G85
413
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
MediaTek Helio G85
1332
File Compression286.8 MB/s75.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s38.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec44.5 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s3.05 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s12.2 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s23.5 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec43.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec1.75 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 45 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 40 FPS (Medium)
FortniteFortnite n/a 21 FPS (Low)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 49 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Medium)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 46 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 (1080x2340)

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 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Mali-G52 MP2
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 5 2
Shader Units 128 24
Total shader 640 48
FLOPS 1907 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 LTE Cat. 7
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 300 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 100 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr April, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename APL1V08 MT6769Z

Results

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

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