Apple A19
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MediaTek Dimensity 8500

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A19 and MediaTek Dimensity 8500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3400 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (September 2025 vs January 2026)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2025
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A19
Model Name
Dimensity 8500
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-A725, 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A725, 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A725
6
Cores
8
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
4 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
3400 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Mali-G720 MС8
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Shading units
128
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OpenCL version
3.2
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Vulkan version
1.3
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Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

Gigabit LTE
4G support
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5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
5.4
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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Memory type
LPDDR5X
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Memory frequency
4800 MHz
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Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
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4 MB
L2 Cache
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AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
- AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
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Storage type
UFS 4 + MCQ
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559 +110%
Dimensity 8500
1693
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710 +26%
Dimensity 8500
6897
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578
Dimensity 8500
2359462 +23%