MediaTek Helio P90 vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex A756x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
2200 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
12 nm
3 nm
TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
320 KB

Graphics

GPU name
PowerVR GM9446
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GPU frequency
970 MHz
-
Execution units
10
-
Shading units
8
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
13.91 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 2.0
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Nov 2018
Oct 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6779V/CU
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Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine

📊 Benchmark

FP32 (float)
155
-
AnTuTu 10
-
3,155,649
Geekbench 6
-
4,175
Geekbench 6
-
15,577