MediaTek Dimensity 8050 vs Apple A15 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8050, vs Apple A15 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8050 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 8050
765453
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
CPU213398309916
GPU221299432105
Memory155421243964
UX175335313105
NanoReview Score7654531299090
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8050
4531
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Stability96 %82 %
Graphics Test27 fps56 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8050
1097
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8050
3359
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
File Compression163.8 MB/s203.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser96.3 pages/s124.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering128.8 MP/sec143.5 MP/sec
Background Blur9.86 frames/s22.2 frames/s
Photo Processing33.4 frames/s60.2 frames/s
Image Detection69.7 frames/s130 frames/s
HDR117.2 MP/sec169.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.59 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 3x 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 3000 3230
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 12 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 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 886 MHz 1338 MHz
Execution Units 9 5
Shader Units 32 128
Total shader 288 640
FLOPS 510.3 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 1x200 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
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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 May, 2023 yr September, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6893, MT6893Z_T/CZA APL1W07

Results

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

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