29

Points
Mediatek Helio G96

90

Points
Apple A18 Pro
Overview - Helio G96 Vs Apple A18 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G96 vs Apple A18 Pro 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 G96 17
Apple A18 Pro 87
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G96 12
Apple A18 Pro 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G96 57
Apple A18 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G96 29
Apple A18 Pro 90
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G96 Apple A18 Pro
CPU 98570 475293
GPU 76840 719585
Memory 70017 259838
UX 94023 385136
Total score 339450 1839852
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18 Pro

  • Apple A18 Pro has 56.84% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G96 (1490 vs 950 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Helio G96 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 75% smaller sized transistor than Helio G96 (3 vs 12 nm).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 442.01% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G96 (1,840 K vs 339 K ).
  • Apple A18 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G96.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G96 544
Apple A18 Pro 3342

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G96 1884
Apple A18 Pro 8147

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

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 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

51%
Turbo Clock Speed

2050 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

100%
Base Frequency

4050 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 12 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali G57 MC2 Apple A18 Pro GPU
  • Architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1490 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 32 128
  • FLOPS - 2289 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 60 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 10 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 600 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps 1500 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Helio G96

CPU
17%
GPU
12%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
57%

Apple A18 Pro

CPU
87%
GPU
94%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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