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MediaTek Helio G99 vs Apple M3 (8-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
MediaTek Helio G99
23 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
MediaTek Helio G99
16 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
MediaTek Helio G99
25 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
MediaTek Helio G99
17 %
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
MediaTek Helio G99
10 %
ARM Mali-G57 MP2
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
Apple M3 (8 Core)
AI performance (NPU)
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
|
MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek Helio (37) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek Helio G99 (1) | Apple M3 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55 | M3 |
| Technology | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M2 (8-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Cortex-A76 2.20 GHz |
4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz |
4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | ARM Mali-G57 MP2 | Apple M3 (8 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.25 - 1.07 GHz | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 32 | 128 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2020 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
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MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Mediatek APU | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | MediaTek APU 2 @ 1 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 12 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
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MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
MediaTek Helio G99 | Apple M3 (8-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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