Apple A15 Bionic
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A15 Bionic
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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: 3400 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (September 2021 vs January 2026)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2021
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche, 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
15
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
12 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
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
ARMv9.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+38%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Dimensity 8500
6897
+20%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+79%
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