MediaTek Helio G81 vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G81, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G81 and Apple A16 Bionic
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 G81
258706
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU77856381160
GPU35328472052
Memory64438258668
UX81084329468
NanoReview Score2587061441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Helio G81
n/a
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stabilityn/a79 %
Graphics Testn/a59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compressionn/a236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a156.7 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a162.1 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a26.5 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a77.6 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a155.8 frames/s
HDRn/a207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2000 3460
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G52 MP2 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 2 5
Shader Units 24 128
Total shader 48 640
FLOPS 96 GFLOPS 1789.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - eMMC 5.1
- UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- 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

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced August, 2024 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MT6769J APL1W10

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A16 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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