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Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9610

Apple A12 Bionic
34.3Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 9610
—Inno Score
30.5CPU28
30.2GPU—
46.6Benchmarks—
20AIspec-based—
41.8Efficiencyspec-based20
2 spec wins — Apple A12 Bionic1 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 9610

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 9610 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A12 Bionic

  • 30% lower process: 7 nm vs 10 nm

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 9610

  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6

General

General comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
Announced20182018
Process7 nm+30%10 nm
TDP (typical)6 W—
ArchitectureArmv8.3Armv8

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.52 GHz Tempest4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A73 + 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53
Max clock2.49 GHz+8%2.3 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
GPUApple GPU (4-core)Arm Mali-G72 MP3

AI

AI comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
NPUNeural Engine (8-core)—
AI performance5 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
Memory typeLPDDR4X-2133LPDDR4X
Max bandwidth34.1 GB/s—

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
ModemIntel XMM 7560 LTE (external)Integrated LTE Cat-12
Max download—0.6 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 5Wi-Fi 5
Bluetooth5.05.0

Media

Media comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
Max displayRetina XDRWQXGA (2560x1600)
Video capture4K@60fps4K@120fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A12 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 9610
SpecApple A12 BionicSamsung Exynos 9610
AnTuTu720,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)1,100Top 43%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)2,800Bottom 50%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme1,450Bottom 46%—

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