Apple A18 vs MediaTek Helio G81

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4050 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
12 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
5
-
Shading units
128
24
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
1800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
13.41 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Neural Engine
Yes
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Sep 2024
Aug 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1V08
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
262,145
Geekbench 6
3,466
420
Geekbench 6
8,592
1,391
FP32 (float)
1,907
91