What is the difference between MediaTek Helio X20 and Apple A12 Bionic? Should you buy phone having MediaTek Helio X20 or should go for Apple A12 Bionic? 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 X20 has a AnTuTu benchmark score of 93633 and Apple A12 Bionic has AnTuTu score of 407476. MediaTek Helio X20 comes up with 10 cores, 2100 MHz frequency and on the other hand, Apple A12 Bionic has 6 cores and 2490 MHz frequency.
Go through detailed comparison below to see the actual difference and similarity between both chipsets.
| Specifications | Helio X20 | A12 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Total score | 93633 | 407476 |
| Frequency | 2100 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Max size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2688 x 1242 |
AnTuTu Score | ||
| Total score | 93633 | 407476 |
Connectivity Features | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 6 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 300 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 50 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 5.0 |
Performance | ||
| Processor | 2x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A724x 1.85 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53 | 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2100 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| Process | 20 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 6.9 billion |
| TDP | 5 W | 6 W |
Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Mali-T880 MP4 | Apple A12 Bionic GPU |
| Architecture | Midgard | |
| GPU frequency | 780 MHz | |
| Execution units | 4 | 4 |
| Shading units | 64 | |
| FLOPS | 122 Gigaflops | 560 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11.2 | 12 |
Memory Info | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 1x 64 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 12.8 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Yes |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 25MP | 2x 12MP |
| 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, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | Protected AAC, AAC?LC, Apple Lossless, HE?AAC, Linear PCM, AAX ? AAX+, HE?AAC v2, MP3 |
MediaTek Helio X20 has been announced on May 2015 whereas Apple A12 Bionic has been announced on September 2018. Check out detailed comparison with key specs below:
CPU speed shows how many processing cycles per second can be executed by a CPU. Helio X20 comes up with the architecture of Midgard and A12 Bionic comes up with architecture of undefined. Former one has 10 core and 2100 MHz frequency and latter has 6 cores and 2490 MHz frequency. A larger cache time leads to faster performance.
First chipset has max size of 4 GB and Apple A12 Bionic has max size of 4 GB. It shows the maximum amount of memory supported by a chipset.
In terms of multimedia, Helio X20 has No NPU with storage type as eMMC 5.1 and A12 Bionic has Yes NPU and NVMe storage type.