Apple A9 vs MediaTek Helio G100
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz MediaTek Helio G100 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Helio G100 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (17.1GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2200MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Released 8 years and 11 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
MediaTek Helio G100
+52%
437198
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1850 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
6 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
650 MHz
GPU frequency
-
6
Execution units
-
32
Shading units
64
4
Max size
12
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17.1 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
No
5G support
No
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 650 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Aug 2024
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
-
