Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 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: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 GB/s (60 GB/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
Model Name
MT6893
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G77 MP9
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.9792 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
64
5
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
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/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 200MP, 2x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
10 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +204%
Dimensity 1200
1118
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +145%
Dimensity 1200
3198
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +110%
Dimensity 1200
708061
FP32 (float)
A18
1825 +83%
Dimensity 1200
999