Apple A6X vs MediaTek Helio G90T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple A6/A6X MediaTek Helio G90
• Family
  Apple A series Mediatek Helio
• Generation
  6 1
• Predecessor
  Apple A5X -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A8X -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Swift 2x Cortex-A76
• B-Core
  - 6x Cortex-A55
• Base Frequency
  1.4 GHz 2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.05 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  10 12
• Execution units
  16 4
• Generation
  - Bifrost 3
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores) ARM Mali-G76 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q3/2018
• Shader
  128 64
• Technology
  32 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Helio G90T and Apple A6X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1 GB 10 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR2-1066 LPDDR4X-2133

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A6X and MediaTek Helio G90T Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A6X and MediaTek Helio G90T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A6 Cortex-A76 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB -
• Part Number
  APL 0598 MT6785V/CC
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q3/2019
• Technology
  32 nm 12 nm
• Virtualization
  None None