MediaTek Helio G36 vs Apple A18 Pro

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G36, vs Apple A18 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G36 and Apple A18 Pro
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
MediaTek Helio G36
141194
Apple A18 Pro
1813449
CPU50072465726
GPU12068721738
Memory45507250875
UX33547375110
NanoReview Score1411941813449
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G36
229
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G36
842
Apple A18 Pro
9089
File Compressionn/a300.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a193.3 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a215.2 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a39.2 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a90.3 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a322.7 frames/s
HDRn/a294.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a9.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2200 4050
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 2.2 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model PowerVR GE8320 Apple A18 Pro GPU
Architecture PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue) Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 680 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 4 6
Shader Units 8 128
Total shader 32 768
FLOPS 43.5 GFLOPS 2289 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 1.2 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence No Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1600 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.9 Gbit/s 60 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 eMMC 5.1 NVMe
Max. resolution 2400x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x50 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 1K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 1080p at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X75
4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced February, 2023 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MT6765V/XAA, MT6765V/XBA APL1V07

Results

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

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