Apple A13 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

Compared 2 processors: Apple A13 Bionic, vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A13 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
546747
CPU181570172628
GPU312411115442
Memory147974104408
UX262862154269
NanoReview Score904817546747
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
2302
Stability68 %99 %
Graphics Test41 fps13 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
965
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
MediaTek Dimensity 1080
2409
File Compression147.7 MB/s120.5 MB/s
HTML5 Browser87.5 pages/s63 pages/s
PDF Rendering104.2 MP/sec91.2 MP/sec
Background Blur14.3 frames/s6.73 frames/s
Photo Processing39.3 frames/s21.6 frames/s
Image Detection74 frames/s45.8 frames/s
HDR125.4 MP/sec75.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.6 MP/sec3.29 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 57 FPS (Ultra) 57 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 38 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (High) 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 62 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 83 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 86 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS (Ultra) 37 FPS (Ultra)
Device Apple iPhone 11 Pro (828x1792) Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
- 2/2.6 (Cortex-A78)
- 6/2 (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2650 2600
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 6 nm
Transistor count 8.5 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A13 GPU Mali-G68 MP4
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1230 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 4 4
Shader Units 64 32
Total shader 256 128
FLOPS 629.8 GFLOPS 243.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 3.0
GPU Frequency 5 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 2.1
- UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2688x1242 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 MB/s Up to 2770 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 MB/s Up to 1250 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2019 yr October, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a MT6877V/TTZA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A13 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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