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Home > Smartphone processors comparison > A16 Bionic chip vs Helio G96 – specs and benchmarks

A16 Bionic chip Vs Helio G96

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Helio G96
A16 Bionic chip
Helio G96
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 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.
  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v9
  5. GeekBench 5
  6. Specs

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A16 Bionic chip
61
Helio G96
21
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A16 Bionic chip
63
Helio G96
15
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A16 Bionic chip
86
Helio G96
57
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A16 Bionic chip
70
Helio G96
31

Key Differences

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • A16 Bionic chip has 68.78% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G96 (3460 vs 2050 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 47.16% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1398 vs 950 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 66.67% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (4 vs 12 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 184.27% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (965 K vs 339 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Helio G96

AnTuTu 9

A16 Bionic chip +188%
964952
Helio G96
339450
CPU 247110 98570
GPU 408357 76840
Memory 162944 70017
UX 146541 94023
Total score 964952 339450
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score
A16 Bionic chip +244%
1870
Helio G96
544
Multi-Core Score
A16 Bionic chip +191%
5474
Helio G96
1884
Image compression 243.5 Mpixels/s -
Face detection 46.4 images/s -
Speech recognition 141.8 words/s -
Machine learning 117.1 images/s -
Camera shooting 54.3 images/s -
HTML 5 5.9 Mnodes/s -
SQLite 1430 Mnodes/s -

3DMark

76%
Apple A16
8%
Mediatek G96
Score: 9862

Stability 79% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 6 FPS
Score 9862 1086

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and Mediatek Helio G96

Display

Max On-Device Display - FHD+ @ 120Hz
Max On-Display Resolution - 2520 x 1080
Max External Display - -
HDR - HDR10
Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
Color Gamut - Rec2020

  CPU

92%
Apple A16
54%
Mediatek G96
Processor Speed (Frequency)

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020 MHz 2000 MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460 MHz 2050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor count 16 Billion -
TDP 8 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali G57 MC2
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 6 2
Shading units 768 32
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 Bit 2 x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
Max size 8 GB 10 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 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

Connectivity

Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
N/A
Helio G96
600
5G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
7500
Helio G96
N/A
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
N/A
Helio G96
150
5G (MB/s)
A16 Bionic chip
3500
Helio G96
N/A
Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Peak Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps -
Peak Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced Date September 2022 June 2021
Class Flagship Mid-range
Model number APL1W10 MT6781
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Helio G96 official site
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
CPU
61%
GPU
63%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

71.25


Review By TenzysTech
Mediatek Helio G96
Mediatek Helio G96
CPU
21%
GPU
15%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

23.25


Review By TenzysTech

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