Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 GB/s (60 GB/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs March 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
March 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6895Z/TCZA
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 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
-
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
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +198%
Dimensity 8100
1141
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +115%
Dimensity 8100
3640
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +77%
Dimensity 8100
843925
FP32 (float)
A18
1825 +37%
Dimensity 8100
1335