Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Helio G90 vs Apple A11 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Helio G90
  • More CPU cores
Apple A11 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A11 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A766x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2000 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 12 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistors Not available 4.3 billion
TDP 5 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A11 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 14.9 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 10 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A11 Bionic
GPU Mali-G76 MC4 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Bifrost Not available
GPU clock 720 MHz Not available
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 64 Not available
FLOPS 172.6 Gigaflops 325 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A11 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2436 x 1125
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 24MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A11 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 12
5G No No
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A11 Bionic
Release July 2019 September 2017
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6785 APL1W72
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 2 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Helio G90

4G
BLU G91 Pro
BLU

BLU G91 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
Doogee S96 Pro
Doogee

Doogee S96 Pro

3.3
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1520 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6350 mAh

Apple A11 Bionic

4G
Apple iPhone X
Apple

Apple iPhone X

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1125 × 2436 pixels (5.80 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2675 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8
Apple

Apple iPhone 8

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 1821 mAh