Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2022 vs March 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2022
Launch Date
March 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
MT6895Z/TCZA
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
860 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.309 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

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

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
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 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
8 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562 +125%
Dimensity 8100
1141
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685 +84%
Dimensity 8100
3640
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181 +68%
Dimensity 8100
843925
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788 +34%
Dimensity 8100
1335