Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G91

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
MediaTek Helio G91
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Helio G91
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A756x 1.8 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

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Helio G91
L1 cache 128 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 13.41 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Helio G91
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Mali-G52 MP2
GPU architecture Not available Bifrost 2nd gen
GPU clock 1125 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution units 32 Not available
Shaders 256 24
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Yes MediaTek APU

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Helio G91
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Helio G91
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G No No
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Helio G91
Release September 2018 June 2024
Class Flagship Low end
Model number APL1W81 Not available
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
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 G91

4G
Redmi 13 4G
Redmi

Redmi 13 4G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5030 mAh
4G
POCO M6 4G
POCO

POCO M6 4G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5030 mAh