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Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Helio G36

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Rank 2 - 8 %
MediaTek Helio G36
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Rank 2 - 9 %
MediaTek Helio G36
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
1,890
MediaTek Helio G36
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
142
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
5,465
MediaTek Helio G36
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
514
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
1,789
MediaTek Helio G36
PowerVR GE8320
44

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Helio (37)
CPU groupApple A16 (2)MediaTek Helio G20/G30 (4)
ArchitectureA16Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53
Technology4 nm12 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
SuccessorApple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Everest
3.46 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
2.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
GPU nameApple A16 (5 GPU Cores)PowerVR GE8320
GPU frequency0.40 - 1.34 GHz0.68 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 6401 /
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology4 nm20 nm
Release dateQ3/2022Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-933 (7.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB8 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A16 BionicMediaTek Helio G36
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8.6-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2022Q1/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
MediaTek Helio G36
MediaTek Helio G36
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

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