What is the difference between MediaTek Helio G35 and Apple A9? Should you buy phone having MediaTek Helio G35 or should go for Apple A9? Well, you'll get all your questions cleared here.Compare two chipset models on the basis of their benchmark score (AnTuTu and Geekbench), pros and cons, technical specs categorised into gaming, CPU, GPU, Multimedia, and Connectivity.
MediaTek Helio G35 has a AnTuTu benchmark score of 109928 and Apple A9 has AnTuTu score of 171612. MediaTek Helio G35 comes up with 8 cores, 2300 MHz frequency and on the other hand, Apple A9 has 2 cores and 1850 MHz frequency. In terms of Graphics, MediaTek Helio G35 has IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU and Rogue architecture and latter Apple A9 comes up with PowerVR GT7600 GPU and Rogue architecture.
Go through detailed comparison below to see the actual difference and similarity between both chipsets.
Specifications | Helio G35 | A9 |
---|---|---|
Total score | 109928 | 171612 |
Frequency | 2300 MHz | 1850 MHz |
Max size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Max display resolution | 2400 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
AnTuTu Score | ||
CPU | 45569 | 70699 |
GPU | 13274 | 36687 |
Memory | 26158 | 31959 |
UX | 20894 | 35338 |
Total score | 109928 | 171612 |
Connectivity Features | ||
4G support | LTE Cat. 7 | LTE Cat. 6 |
5G support | No | No |
Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 450 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 5 | 4 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
Performance | ||
Processor | 8x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister |
Cores | 8 | 2 |
Frequency | 2300 MHz | 1850 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8-A |
Process | 12 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
TDP | 5 W | 5 W |
Geekbench Score | ||
Image compression | 27.3 Mpixels/s | 53.4 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 4.3 images/s | 9.04 images/s |
Speech recognition | 9.73 words/s | 21.9 words/s |
Machine learning | 6.17 images/s | 26.3 images/s |
Camera shooting | 2.88 images/s | 12.2 images/s |
HTML 5 | 0.6 Mnodes/s | 1.34 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 137.2 Krows/s | 313 Krows/s |
Graphics | ||
GPU name | IMG PowerVR GE8320 | PowerVR GT7600 |
Architecture | Rogue | Rogue |
GPU frequency | 680 MHz | 650 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 6 |
Shading units | 32 | 192 |
FLOPS | 54.4 Gigaflops | |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 1.2 | 1.2 |
DirectX version | 12 | 11 |
Memory Info | ||
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
Memory frequency | 1600 MHz | 1333 MHz |
Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
Max size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia | ||
Neural processor (NPU) | No | No |
Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | NVMe |
Max display resolution | 2400 x 1080 | 1920 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 25MP, 2x 16MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
Video capture | 1K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 1080p at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1 | H.264, H.265 |
Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Game Performance | ||
PUBG Mobile | 23 FPS [Low] | |
Call of Duty: Mobile | 29 FPS [Medium] | |
Shadowgun Legends | 30 FPS [Low] | |
World of Tanks Blitz | 43 FPS [Low] | |
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 29 FPS [Low] | |
Device | Xiaomi Poco C3 720 x 1600 |
MediaTek Helio G35 has been announced on June 2020 whereas Apple A9 has been announced on September 2015. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:
Benchmark measures the performance of the CPU. Geekbench is a benchmark that measures a processor's single core performance and AnTuTu score is the most popular and trustable benchmarking score which evaluates multi core performance. Helio G35 has an AnTuTu benchmark score of 109928 points with CPU, GPU, Memory, UX score 45569, 13274, 26158, 20894 respectively.
CPU speed shows how many processing cycles per second can be executed by a CPU. Helio G35 comes up with the architecture of Rogue and A9 comes up with architecture of Rogue. Former one has 8 core and 2300 MHz frequency and latter has 2 cores and 1850 MHz frequency. A larger cache time leads to faster performance.
MediaTek Helio G35 has IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU with GPU Frequency as 680 MHz. Dynamic frequency allows the processor to conserve power and reduce noise when it is under a light load. Apple A9 has PowerVR GT7600 GPU with GPU Frequency as 650 MHz.
First chipset has max size of 6 GB and Apple A9 has max size of 6 GB. It shows the maximum amount of memory supported by a chipset.
In terms of multimedia, Helio G35 has No NPU with storage type as eMMC 5.1 and A9 has No NPU and NVMe storage type.