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Apple A14 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 990

Apple A14 Bionic
46.9Inno Score
VS
Samsung Exynos 990
—Inno Score
46CPU39.5
35.1GPU29.9
53.6Benchmarks—
41.1AIspec-based—
63.2Efficiencyspec-based32.1
4 spec wins — Apple A14 Bionic2 spec wins — Samsung Exynos 990

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Samsung Exynos 990 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 A14 Bionic

  • Stronger CPU score: 46 vs 40
  • Stronger GPU score: 35 vs 30
  • 45% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 2,050 vs 1,414
  • 40% lower TDP (typical): 6 W vs 10 W
  • 29% lower process: 5 nm vs 7 nm

Reasons to pick the Samsung Exynos 990

  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
  • 29% higher Max bandwidth: 44 GB/s vs 34.1 GB/s

General

General comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
Announced20202020
Process5 nm+29%7 nm
TDP (typical)6 W+40%10 W
ArchitectureArmv8.4Armv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x3.0 GHz + 4x1.82 GHz2x2.73 GHz Exynos M5 + 2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock3 GHz+10%2.73 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
GPUApple GPU (4-core)Arm Mali-G77 MP11

AI

AI comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
NPU16-core Neural Engine—
AI performance11 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
Memory typeLPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-2750
Max bandwidth34.1 GB/s44 GB/s+29%

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
ModemExternal (Snapdragon X55)Exynos 5123 5G (external)
Wi-Fi—Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth—5.0

Media

Media comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
Max display—WQHD+ @ 120Hz
Video capture4K@60fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A14 Bionic versus Samsung Exynos 990
SpecApple A14 BionicSamsung Exynos 990
AnTuTu950,000—
Geekbench 6 (single)2,080Top 16%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)4,900Top 23%—
3DMark Wild Life Extreme2,050+45%Top 34%1,414Top 47%

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