Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G81

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3100 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
128 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
5 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
11.8
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
4
-
Shading units
64
24
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
1800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
13.41 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
-
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Sep 2020
Aug 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1W01
-

AI

NPU
-
Yes

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,061,696
262,145
FP32 (float)
654
91
Geekbench 6
-
420
Geekbench 6
-
1,391