CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 7870
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 7870
8 cores 1600 MHz 14 nanometers Mali-T830 MP1
Compared fields
41
Different values
38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 7870
- More CPU cores
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 8x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 933 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 1x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 4 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-T830 MP1 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 1 |
| Shaders | 256 | 16 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 22.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX | 12 | Not available |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | No |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 16MP, 2x 8MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 50 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | February 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | APL1W81 | Not available |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 31 |
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.
Samsung Exynos 7870
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A2 Core Dual SIM
- Display
- TFT 16M colors 540 × 960 pixels (4.98 inches)…
- RAM
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB, 16 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 2600 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy A2 Core
- Display
- TFT 16.7M colors 540 × 960 pixels (4.98 inche…
- RAM
- 1 GB
- Storage
- 8 GB, 16 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 2600 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy M10
- Display
- TFT 16M colors 720 × 1520 pixels (6.22 inches…
- RAM
- 2 GB, 3 GB
- Storage
- 16 GB, 32 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3400 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy On6
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 × 1480 pixels (5.…
- RAM
- 3 GB, 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy J6 Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 × 1480 pixels (5.…
- RAM
- 3 GB, 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy J6
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 × 1480 pixels (5.…
- RAM
- 3 GB, 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy A6 Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 × 1480 pixels (5.…
- RAM
- 3 GB, 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy A6
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 × 1480 pixels (5.…
- RAM
- 3 GB, 4 GB
- Storage
- 32 GB, 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
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