Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 68.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (September 2022 vs November 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2022
Launch Date
November 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
Dimensity 8300
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
16
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G615 MP6
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 780
16 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
1x 48MP
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
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +70%
Dimensity 8300
1506
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +38%
Dimensity 8300
4844
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
Dimensity 8300
1518170 +7%