Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 2490MHz Apple A12 Bionic vs. 8 cores 3350MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8300 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (68.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3350MHz vs 2490MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Released 5 years and 2 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A12 Bionic
643548
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+140%
1549153
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A12 Bionic
1301
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+15%
1506
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A12 Bionic
2843
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+70%
4844
CPU
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2490 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
8 MB
L2 cache
-
-
L3 cache
4 MB
7 nm
Process
4 nm
6.9
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G615 MP6
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
4
Execution units
6
64
Shading units
-
4
Max size
24
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
12
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 780
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Intel XMM 7560
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7900 Mbps
Up to 350 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2018
Announced
Nov 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W81
Model number
-
