Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2022 (September 2021 vs March 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2021
Launch Date
March 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
MT6895Z/TCZA
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
5 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz
15
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
860 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.309 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 21
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +104%
Dimensity 8100
1141
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741 +58%
Dimensity 8100
3640
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838 +56%
Dimensity 8100
843925
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678 +26%
Dimensity 8100
1335