MediaTek Helio G88 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Helio G88, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Helio G88 and Apple A12 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 G88
268860
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU90211198067
GPU40709185355
Memory63167152138
UX74773164631
NanoReview Score268860700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Helio G88
743
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Test4 fps31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Helio G88
425
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Helio G88
1355
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression73.8 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.9 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering50.6 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur3.26 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing11.9 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection25.5 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR42 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.13 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2000 2490
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 12 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G52 MP2 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Bifrost 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 24 64
Total shader 48 256
FLOPS 96 GFLOPS 576 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 MediaTek APU Neural Engine

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 1800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 4 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 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x64 pixels 1x32 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
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem n/a Intel XMM 7560
4G Support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 300 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 100 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 5
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced June, 2021 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename MT6769H APL1W81

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A12 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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