Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G96
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2050MHz MediaTek Helio G96 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A16 Bionic Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 0.243 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 17.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 2050MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 12nm)
Released 1 years and 3 months late
MediaTek Helio G96 Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 8W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+271%
1441069
MediaTek Helio G96
388043
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
+636%
1789
MediaTek Helio G96
243
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
3460 MHz
Frequency
2050 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
16 MB
L2 cache
-
4 nm
Process
12 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP2
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
5
Execution units
2
128
Shading units
64
6
Max size
10
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.243 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17.1 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 650 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Jun 2021
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1W10
Model number
MT6781
