Apple M1 iPad vs MediaTek Helio G81
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3200 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
5 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
14 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
8
-
Shading units
128
24
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
1800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
13.41 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Yes
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
-
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Aug 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1102
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📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
262,145
Geekbench 6
2,304
420
Geekbench 6
8,422
1,391
FP32 (float)
2,617
91