Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Mediatek Helio G95

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Helio G95 SoCs, developed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 6-core and 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 57.56% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G95 (3230 vs 2050 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Helio G95 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 169.05 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G95 (809 K vs 301 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G95.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G95 ( 34.1 vs MHz).
Pros of Helio G95
  • Helio G95 has -25.00 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 900 vs 1200 MHz).
  • Helio G95 has 140.00 % smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip ( 12 vs 5 nm).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 209204 91718
GPU 351594 91234
Memory 118044 58340
UX 130276 59442
Total score 809118 300734

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 82% 98%
Graphics test 56 FPS 8 FPS
Score 9524 1464

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2050MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 5 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Mali-G76 3EEMC4
Architecture - Bifrost
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 900 MHz
Pipelines 5 4
Shading units 640 64
Total shaders 1280 128
FLOPS - 195.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Da Vinci

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s -
Max size 6 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution - 1x 64MP, 2x 24MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, 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

Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps -
Download speed 4G - Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2021 September 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W07 MT6785V/CD
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Helio G95 official site