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Mediatek Helio G96
Overview - A15 Bionic Chip Vs Helio G96

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Helio G96 SoCs by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A15 Bionic Chip 55
Helio G96 21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A15 Bionic Chip 55
Helio G96 15
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A15 Bionic Chip 82
Helio G96 57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A15 Bionic Chip 64
Helio G96 31
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A15 Bionic Chip Helio G96
CPU 209204 98570
GPU 351594 76840
Memory 118044 70017
UX 130276 94023
Total score 809118 339450
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A15 Bionic Chip

  • A15 Bionic Chip has 57.56% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3230 vs 2050 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 26.32% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1200 vs 950 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 58.33% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (5 vs 12 nm).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 138.36% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (809 K vs 339 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 1743
Helio G96 544

Multi-Core Score

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A15 Bionic Chip 4844
Helio G96 1884

Image compression

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A15 Bionic Chip 224.8
Helio G96

Face detection

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A15 Bionic Chip 43.1
Helio G96

Speech recognition

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A15 Bionic Chip 136.1
Helio G96

Machine learning

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A15 Bionic Chip 104.9
Helio G96

Camera shooting

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A15 Bionic Chip 49.3
Helio G96

HTML 5

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A15 Bionic Chip 5.64
Helio G96

SQLite

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A15 Bionic Chip 1270
Helio G96

3DMark

Stability 82%

Graphics test 56 FPS
Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - FHD+ @ 120Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - HDR10
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3230 MHz

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
    4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
    2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 32 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 5 nm 12 nm
  • Transistor count 15 Billion -
  • TDP 6 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple GPU Mali G57 MC2
  • Architecture - Valhall
  • GPU frequency 1200 MHz 950 MHz
  • Execution units 5 2
  • Shading units 640 32
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version - 1.1
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - 12
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 6 GB 10 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2 x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes
  • Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
  • Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
  • 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
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
  • 5G support Yes No
  • Wi-Fi 6 5
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A15 Bionic Chip

CPU
55%
GPU
55%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Mediatek Helio G96

CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%
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