MediaTek Helio P90 vs Apple A18

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A756x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2200 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
0
8 MB
Process
12 nm
3 nm
TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
PowerVR GM9446
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
970 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
10
5
Shading units
8
128
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.91 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 2.0
Neural Engine
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2018
Sep 2024
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6779V/CU
APL1V08
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

FP32 (float)
155
1,907
AnTuTu 10
-
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
-
3,466
Geekbench 6
-
8,592