Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 9820
30.5CPU39.5
30.2GPU—
46.6Benchmarks—
20AIspec-based—
41.8Efficiencyspec-based20
1 spec wins — Apple A12 Bionic2 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 9820
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 9820 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
- 12% lower process: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 9820
- Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 31
- 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
- 10% higher Max clock: 2.73 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
General
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2018 | 2018 |
| Process | 7 nm+12% | 8 nm |
| TDP (typical) | 6 W | — |
| Architecture | Armv8.3 | — |
CPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| Cores | 6 | 8+33% |
| Core configuration | 2x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.52 GHz Tempest | 2x2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 + 2x2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 + 4x1.95 GHz Cortex-A55 |
| Max clock | 2.49 GHz | 2.73 GHz+10% |
GPU
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple GPU (4-core) | Arm Mali-G76 MP12 |
AI
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU | Neural Engine (8-core) | Samsung NPU |
| AI performance | 5 TOPS | — |
Memory
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | LPDDR4X-2133 | LPDDR4X |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | — |
Connectivity
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| Modem | Intel XMM 7560 LTE (external) | Integrated LTE Cat-20 |
| Max download | — | 2 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 | — |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | — |
Media
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| Max display | Retina XDR | WQUXGA (3840x2400) |
| Video capture | 4K@60fps | 8K@30fps |
Benchmarks
| Spec | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 9820 |
|---|---|---|
| AnTuTu | 720,000 | — |
| Geekbench 6 (single) | 1,100Top 43% | — |
| Geekbench 6 (multi) | 2,800Bottom 50% | — |
| 3DMark Wild Life Extreme | 1,450Bottom 46% | — |
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