Mobile processor comparison

Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G90

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A14 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
MediaTek Helio G90
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Helio G90
Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz - Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz - Icestorm 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A766x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 3100 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistors 11.8 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Helio G90
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus Not available 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 42.7 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 6 GB 10 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Helio G90
GPU Apple GPU Mali-G76 MC4
GPU architecture Not available Bifrost
GPU clock Not available 720 MHz
Execution units 4 4
Shaders Not available 64
FLOPS Not available 172.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.1
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Da Vinci

Display and media

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Helio G90
Maximum display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Helio G90
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Not available Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A14 BionicMediaTek Helio G90
Release September 2020 July 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W01 MT6785
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Devices in database 6 2
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A14 Bionic

eSIM
Apple iPad 2022 WiFi
Apple

Apple iPad 2022 WiFi

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G eSIM
Apple iPad 2022
Apple

Apple iPad 2022

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1284 × 2778 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 mini
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 mini

3.9
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12
Apple

Apple iPhone 12

3.1
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion

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