78

Points
Mediatek Helio G99

78

Points
Apple A18
Overview - Helio G99 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Helio G99 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 G99 20
Apple A18 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Helio G99 15
Apple A18 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Helio G99 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Helio G99 38
Apple A18 94
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Helio G99 Apple A18
CPU 103357 421143
GPU 86376 615010
Memory 89007 178670
UX 101683 345874
Total score 380423 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 83.64% higher CPU clock speed than Helio G99 (4040 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 39.80% higher GPU clock speed than Helio G99 (1398 vs 1000 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Helio G99 (7500 vs 4266 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Helio G99 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 310.25% better AnTuTu 9 score than Helio G99 (1,561 K vs 380 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Helio G99.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Helio G99 543
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Helio G99 1740
Apple A18 7602

Image compression

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Helio G99 114.8
Apple A18

Face detection

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Helio G99 14.3
Apple A18

Speech recognition

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Helio G99 36.1
Apple A18

Machine learning

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Helio G99 30.2
Apple A18

Camera shooting

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Helio G99 16.4
Apple A18

HTML 5

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Helio G99 1.73
Apple A18

SQLite

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Helio G99 599.6
Apple A18

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 8 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

107%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 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 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC2 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 1000 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 32 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4266 MHz 7500 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.1 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 10 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 UFS 2.2 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 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 AAC, 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. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 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 G99

CPU
20%
GPU
15%
Memory
50%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

CPU
98%
GPU
96%
Memory
88%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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