Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek MT6739

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs MediaTek MT6739. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek MT6739
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 MT6739
59165
CPU30991627349
GPU4321059021
Memory2439645470
UX31310517325
NanoReview Score129909059165
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
MediaTek MT6739
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test56 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
MediaTek MT6739
456
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
MediaTek MT6739
1499
File Compression203.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur22.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing60.2 frames/sn/a
Image Detection130 frames/sn/a
HDR169.9 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 1.5 GHz – Cortex-A53
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 4
Frequency 3230 1500
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 28 nm
Transistor count 15 billion 1 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU PowerVR GE8100
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU PowerVR Series8XE (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz 570 MHz
Execution Units 5 1
Shader Units 128 8
Total shader 640 8
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS 9.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
OpenCL n/a 1.2

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine No
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 667 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 1x32 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 6.4 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 3 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe eMMC 5.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 1440x720 pixels
Camera n/a 1x13 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a MT6177M
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 4
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 50 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 4
Bluetooth version 5.0 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr September, 2017 yr
Class Flagship Low end
Codename APL1W07 MT6739

Results

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

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