MediaTek Dimensity 1200 vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 1200 and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (6 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: June 2022 (January 2021 vs June 2022)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
January 2021
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6893
Model Name
APL1109
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
8
6 nm
Technology
5 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G77 MP9
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
850 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
0.9792 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
-
9
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
-
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 19
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.2
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
-
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

MediaTek APU 3.0
Neural processor (NPU)
-
320 KB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
-
10 W
TDP
15 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 1200
1118
M2 iPad
2633 +136%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 1200
3198
M2 iPad
9898 +210%
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 1200
999
M2 iPad
2860 +186%