Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8350
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 A15 Bionic
1299090
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1353134
CPU309916324360
GPU432105484687
Memory243964265076
UX313105279011
NanoReview Score12990901353134
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test56 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
File Compression203.3 MB/s181.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/s136.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/sec163 MP/sec
Background Blur22.2 frames/s13 frames/s
Photo Processing60.2 frames/s35.2 frames/s
Image Detection130 frames/s98.3 frames/s
HDR169.9 MP/sec133.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/sec4.81 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
- 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3230 3350
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 15 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU Mali-G615 MP6
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 4rd gen
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz 1400 MHz
Execution Units 5 6
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 640 768
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS 2150.4 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 780
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem n/a MediaTek T800
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1W07 MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A15 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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