Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 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 A18
1605038
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1353134
CPU431354324360
GPU598981484687
Memory208837265076
UX365876279011
NanoReview Score16050381353134
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
File Compression286.8 MB/s181.9 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s136.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec163 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s13 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s35.2 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s98.3 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec133.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec4.81 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 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 4050 3350
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-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-G615 MP6
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 4rd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1400 MHz
Execution Units 5 6
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 640 768
FLOPS 1907 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 Neural Engine MediaTek APU 780
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 68.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 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 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 MediaTek T800
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5170 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr November, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V08 MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA

Results

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

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