Apple A16 Bionic vs Mediatek Helio G95
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched A16 Bionic chip and Helio G95 SoCs, developed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
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
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
- A16 Bionic chip has 68.78% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G95 (3460 vs 2050 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Helio G95 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 220.87 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G95 (965 K vs 301 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G95.
- A16 Bionic chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Helio G95 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
Pros of Helio G95
- Helio G95 has -35.62 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 900 vs 1398 MHz).
- Helio G95 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
| CPU | 247110 | 91718 |
| GPU | 408357 | 91234 |
| Memory | 162944 | 58340 |
| UX | 146541 | 59442 |
| Total score | 964952 | 300734 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 79% | 98% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Score | 9862 | 1464 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300CPU
| 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 3EEMC4 |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Bifrost |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 4 |
| Shading units | 768 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 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 | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 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 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W10 | MT6785V/CD |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Helio G95 official site |