MediaTek Dimensity 8020 vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8020, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8020 and Apple A14 Bionic
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
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
742480
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU220474310050
GPU185750323143
Memory164100173777
UX172156288345
NanoReview Score7424801095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
4464
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stability98 %69 %
Graphics Test26 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
1122
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
3681
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression172.4 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.2 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering145.6 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection76.9 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR125.8 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.75 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2600 3100
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 32 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 320 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 6 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 4 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G77 MP9 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 836 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 9 4
Shader Units 32 64
Total shader 288 256
FLOPS 481.5 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 570 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4700 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced April, 2023 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6891, MT6891Z_Z/CZA APL1W01

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A14 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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