Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 8200 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3100 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 GB/s (60 GB/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs December 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
December 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6896Z
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex A78 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3100 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.442 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

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)
MediaTek APU 580
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 320MP
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 +177%
Dimensity 8200
1229
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +101%
Dimensity 8200
3892
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +63%
Dimensity 8200
915634
FP32 (float)
A18
1825 +29%
Dimensity 8200
1413