Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks vs MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
There are 8 key differences between Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks and MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks.
Key differences
| Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apple | MediaTek |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 6 nm (TSMC N6) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | 7 August 2024 (base Helio G100) — the "Ultimate"/"Ultra" names are partner-specific marketing labels for the same platform |
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Cortex-A76 at 2.2 GHz + 6× Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 2.2 GHz |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv8.2-A, 64-bit |
| GPU | Apple A19 Pro GPU — six cores (five in the iPhone Air) with neural accelerators in every core | Mali-G57 MC2 |
Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
Read the full review →MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
A purely budget chip — in practice a Helio G99 with stronger camera support and a new marketing name. It only suits very tight budgets where 5G support and genuinely modern performance are not needed.
- +Camera support up to 200MP
- +Displays up to 120Hz
- +Good power efficiency thanks to the 6nm process
- −No 5G support at all
- −Dated, slow UFS 2.2 storage
- −No real architectural difference from the older Helio G99
Full specifications
| Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | MediaTek Helio G100 Ultimate Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | ||
| Manufacturer | Apple | MediaTek |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 6 nm (TSMC N6) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | 7 August 2024 (base Helio G100) — the "Ultimate"/"Ultra" names are partner-specific marketing labels for the same platform |
| Availability | Available | Available |
| CPU | ||
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Cortex-A76 at 2.2 GHz + 6× Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 2.2 GHz |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv8.2-A, 64-bit |
| Graphics & AI | ||
| GPU | Apple A19 Pro GPU — six cores (five in the iPhone Air) with neural accelerators in every core | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| GPU clock | ~1620 MHz | No exact figure announced by MediaTek |
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine (plus neural accelerators in every GPU core) | No powerful dedicated NPU officially documented |
| AI performance | ~45 TOPS (an estimate; Apple publishes no official figure) | Not announced (a chip with no AI focus) |
| Memory & connectivity | ||
| Supported RAM | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Max RAM | 9600MT/s | No exact figure announced (up to 12 GB of RAM) |
| Supported storage | NVMe (custom Apple storage) | UFS 2.2 |
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 (17 Pro/Pro Max), andApple C1X (iPhone Air) | Integrated 4G LTE only (Cat.13), theoretical download up to 150 Mbps |
| 5G | Yes | No |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Not precisely specified (most likely Wi-Fi 5, as on the G99) |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu | ~2,600,000 (iOS — not directly comparable with Android) | ~375,633–429,114 (wide variation by device) |
| Geekbench single-core | ~3,900 | ~570 |
| Geekbench multi-core | ~11,000 (on the iPhone 17 Pro Max) | ~1,917 |
| Extra features | ||
| Key features | Vapour-chamber cooling (Pro/Pro Max), Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), hardware ray tracing, ProRes RAW support, the N1 networking chip | Camera support up to 200 MP (the main addition over the G99), 16+16 MP dual capture, displays up to 120Hz at Full HD+ |
| Phones using it | iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air | Infinix Note 50 / Note 50 Pro 4G, Tecno Camon 40 / Camon 40 Pro, Tecno Pova 7 4G, Tecno Spark 40 Pro, Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro 4G, Redmi Note 15 4G |
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