CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G90
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
MediaTek Helio G90
8 cores 2000 MHz 12 nanometers Mali-G76 MC4
Compared fields
42
Different values
32
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
MediaTek Helio G90
- More CPU cores
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Helio G90 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A766x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Helio G90 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 10 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Helio G90 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G76 MC4 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Bifrost |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 4 |
| Shaders | 256 | 64 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 172.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Da Vinci |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Helio G90 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 24MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Helio G90 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Helio G90 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | July 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | MT6785 |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 2 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
Apple A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
MediaTek Helio G90
4G
BLU G91 Pro
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
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- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
Doogee S96 Pro
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1520 pixel…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 6350 mAh
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