Samsung Exynos 990 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Samsung Exynos 990, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Samsung Exynos 990 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
Samsung Exynos 990
727249
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU201538198067
GPU231438185355
Memory138841152138
UX155432164631
NanoReview Score727249700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Samsung Exynos 990
3784
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stability60 %69 %
Graphics Test22 fps31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Samsung Exynos 990
840
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Samsung Exynos 990
2670
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression126.3 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser68.4 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering90.2 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.95 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing21 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection60.6 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR88.9 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.37 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M5
- 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A76
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2730 2490
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 2 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 9 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G77 MP11 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 832 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 11 4
Shader Units 32 64
Total shader 352 256
FLOPS 585.7 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 Yes Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 15 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.1
- UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2400 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Exynos 5123 Intel XMM 7560
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7350 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2019 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename S5E9830 APL1W81

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