Apple A18
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A18
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8500
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 3400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (September 2024 vs January 2026)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
-
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.2
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
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
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+101%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+13%
Dimensity 8500
6897
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Dimensity 8500
2359462
+58%
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