Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 8200
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 A18
1605038
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
933773
CPU431354267830
GPU598981237310
Memory208837198476
UX365876230157
NanoReview Score1605038933773
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
5876
Stabilityn/a95 %
Graphics Testn/a35 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
1224
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
3891
File Compression286.8 MB/s172.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s108 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec140.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s14.7 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s34.4 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s86.2 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec118.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec4.63 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1/3.1 (Cortex A78)
- 3/3 (Cortex A78)
- 4/2 (Cortex A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 3100
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Mali-G610 MP6
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 5 6
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 640 384
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 729.6 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 Neural Engine MediaTek APU 580
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 Snapdragon X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4700 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr December, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V08 MT6896Z

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 the clear winner in this comparison.

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