Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3350 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 68.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (September 2021 vs November 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2021
Launch Date
November 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
Dimensity 8300
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G615 MP6
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 780
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 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
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
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+55%
Dimensity 8300
1506
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+19%
Dimensity 8300
4844
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Dimensity 8300
1518170
+15%
