MediaTek Dimensity 8020 vs Apple A9
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2600MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8020 vs. 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 8020 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.9792 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2600MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (4W vs 5W)
Released 7 years and 7 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
+165%
758585
Apple A9
285954
Geekbench 6 Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
+80%
1124
Apple A9
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
+287%
3709
Apple A9
957
FP32 (float)
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
+293%
979
Apple A9
249
CPU
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2600 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
320 KB
L2 cache
3 MB
0
L3 cache
0
6 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
4 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G77 MP9
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
850 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
9
Execution units
6
64
Shading units
32
16
Max size
4
0.9792 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
MediaTek APU 570
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
UFS 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 108MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.2
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Apr 2023
Announced
Sep 2015
Mid range
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1022
