Apple A6X vs MediaTek Helio G90T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Apple A series Mediatek Helio
• CPU group
  Apple A6/A6X MediaTek Helio G90
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 1
• Predecessor
  Apple A5X --
• Successor
  Apple A8X --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Frequency
  1.40 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.05 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores) ARM Mali-G76 MP4
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  16 4
• Shader
  128 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 4 GB
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  Bifrost 3
• Technology
  32 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q3/2018

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G90T and Apple A6X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR2-1066 LPDDR4X-2133
• Max. Memory
  1 GB 10 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A6X and MediaTek Helio G90T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A6X and Apple A6X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB --
• Architecture
  A6 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Technology
  32 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q3/2019
• Part Number
  APL 0598 MT6785V/CC