CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9610
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 9610
8 cores 2300 MHz 10 nanometers Mali-G72 MP3
Compared fields
42
Different values
33
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 9610
- More CPU cores
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9610 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 4x 2.3 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.7 GHz - Cortex-A53 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | 3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 8 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9610 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 11.92 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 6 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9610 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Bifrost |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 3 |
| Shaders | 256 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 259 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9610 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| 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 9610 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Samsung Exynos 9610 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | March 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | S5E9610 |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 4 |
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 9610
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A50s Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 4 GB, 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A50s
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 4 GB, 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A50 Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 4 GB, 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A50
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 4 GB, 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4000 mAh
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