MediaTek Helio G81 vs Apple A18

26 out 100
MediaTek Helio G81
VS
95 out 100
Apple A18

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

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G81 and Apple A18
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
MediaTek Helio G81
258706
Apple A18
1605038
CPU77856431354
GPU35328598981
Memory64438208837
UX81084365876
NanoReview Score2587061605038
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
420
Apple A18
3466
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G81
1391
Apple A18
8592
File Compressionn/a286.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browsern/a184.2 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a201.2 MP/sec
Background Blurn/a36.2 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a90 frames/s
Image Detectionn/a297.2 frames/s
HDRn/a279.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracingn/a8.68 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2000 4050
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 5 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G52 MP2 Apple A18 GPU
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 2 5
Shader Units 24 128
Total shader 48 640
FLOPS 96 GFLOPS 1907 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 Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.41 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
- UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels n/a
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 2K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 2K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- 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 n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed n/a Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced August, 2024 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MT6769J APL1V08

Results

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

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