26

Points
Mediatek Helio G88

85

Points
Apple A18
Overview - Helio G88 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G88 vs Apple A18 SoCs by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-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
Helio G88 12
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G88 8
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G88 57
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G88 26
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G88 Apple A18
CPU 69667 421143
GPU 47988 615010
Memory 44409 178670
UX 44272 345874
Total score 206336 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 102% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G88 (4040 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 39.80% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G88 (1398 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 108.33% higher memory frequency than Helio G88 (3750 vs 1800 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 75% smaller sized transistor than Helio G88 (3 vs 12 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 656.39% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G88 (1,561 K vs 206 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G88.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G88 377
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G88 1290
Apple A18 7602

Image compression

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Helio G88 82.7
Apple A18

Face detection

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Helio G88 9.99
Apple A18

Speech recognition

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Helio G88 25.2
Apple A18

Machine learning

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Helio G88 19.5
Apple A18

Camera shooting

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Helio G88 9.38
Apple A18

HTML 5

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Helio G88 1.41
Apple A18

SQLite

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Helio G88 415.2
Apple A18

3DMark

Stability 98%

Graphics test 4 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @90Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

50%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A75
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G52 MC2 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Bifrost Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 32 128
  • FLOPS 62 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 1800 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 13.41 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 300 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 100 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Helio G88

CPU
12%
GPU
8%
Memory
21%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

Apple A18

CPU
82%
GPU
84%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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