MediaTek Helio G96 vs Apple A12 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Mediatek Helio Apple A series
• Generation
  1 12
• CPU group
  MediaTek Helio G90 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A11 Bionic
• Successor
  -- Apple A13 Bionic

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.

• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 1.59 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.05 GHz 2.49 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Cortex-A76 2x Vortex
• B core
  6x Cortex-A55 4x Tempest

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
  ARM Mali-G57 MP2 Apple A12
• GPU frequency
  0.90 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  2 4
• Shader
  32 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  Vallhall 1 9
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2020 Q3/2018

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A12 Bionic and MediaTek Helio G96. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  10 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  --
• PCIe lanes
  --

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Helio G96 and Apple A12 Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  -- 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Helio G96 and MediaTek Helio G96, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  --
• L2-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 A12
• Technology
  12 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q3/2018