MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8300, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and Apple A12 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 8300
1406709
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU299593198067
GPU524768185355
Memory327987152138
UX254361164631
NanoReview Score1406709700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
9818
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stability89 %69 %
Graphics Test58 fps31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1398
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4293
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression178.7 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser134.1 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering146.9 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12.5 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing36 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection96.5 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR133.3 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.05 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3350 2490
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 6 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 768 256
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 576 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 780 Neural Engine

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x32 pixels
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
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 Intel XMM 7560
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 APL1W81

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 8300 the clear winner in this comparison.

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