MediaTek Dimensity 8020 vs Apple A15 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8020, vs Apple A15 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8020 and Apple A15 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 A15 Bionic
1299090
CPU220474309916
GPU185750432105
Memory164100243964
UX172156313105
NanoReview Score7424801299090
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
4464
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Stability98 %82 %
Graphics Test26 fps56 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
1122
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
3681
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
File Compression172.4 MB/s203.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser101.2 pages/s124.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering145.6 MP/sec143.5 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s22.2 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s60.2 frames/s
Image Detection76.9 frames/s130 frames/s
HDR125.8 MP/sec169.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.75 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2600 3230
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 32 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 320 MB 12 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 6 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15 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 A15 GPU
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 836 MHz 1338 MHz
Execution Units 9 5
Shader Units 32 128
Total shader 288 640
FLOPS 481.5 GFLOPS 1712.6 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 15.8 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
- VP8
- VP9
- 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. 24
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 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced April, 2023 yr September, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6891, MT6891Z_Z/CZA APL1W07

Results

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

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