Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Helio G90 vs Apple A14 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A14 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2 GHz - Cortex-A766x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 3.1 GHz - Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz - Icestorm
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2000 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
Process technology 12 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors Not available 11.8 billion
TDP 5 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A14 Bionic
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz Not available
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit Not available
Maximum bandwidth Not available 42.7 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 10 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A14 Bionic
GPU Mali-G76 MC4 Apple GPU
GPU architecture Bifrost Not available
GPU clock 720 MHz Not available
Execution units 4 4
Shaders 64 Not available
FLOPS 172.6 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Da Vinci Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A14 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2732 x 2048
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP, 2x 24MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A14 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationMediaTek Helio G90Apple A14 Bionic
Release July 2019 September 2020
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6785 APL1W01
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 2 6
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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

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