Apple A16 Bionic vs Mediatek Helio G90T

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced A16 Bionic chip vs Helio G90T SoCs, designed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 6-core and 8-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 A16 Bionic chip
  • A16 Bionic chip has 68.78% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G90T (3460 vs 2050 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Helio G90T (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 232.74 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G90T (965 K vs 290 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G90T.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G90T ( 51.2 vs 0 MHz).
Pros of Helio G90T
  • Helio G90T has -42.78 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 800 vs 1398 MHz).
  • Helio G90T has 200.00 % smaller sized transistor than A16 Bionic chip ( 12 vs 4 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 247110 98285
GPU 408357 80267
Memory 162944 55541
UX 146541 55908
Total score 964952 290001

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 79% 87%
Graphics test 59 FPS 7 FPS
Score 9862 1315

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2050MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 12 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G76 MC4
Architecture Apple GPU Bifrost
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines 6 4
Shading units 768 64
Total shaders 1536 128
FLOPS - 184 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 0 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 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 3500 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2022 July 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W10 MT6785V/CC
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Helio G90T official site