Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 1100

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and MediaTek Dimensity 1100 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 2600 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs January 2021)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18 Pro
Model Name
MT6891Z/CZA
2x 3.89 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
2600 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Mali-G77 MP9
-
GPU frequency
850 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.9792 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
64
-
Execution units
9
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 19
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 3.0
-
L2 Cache
320 KB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
10 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408 +208%
Dimensity 1100
1107
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092 +173%
Dimensity 1100
3332
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119 +156%
Dimensity 1100
770936