MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple A15 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8300, vs Apple A15 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8300 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 8300
1406709
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
CPU299593309916
GPU524768432105
Memory327987243964
UX254361313105
NanoReview Score14067091299090
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
9818
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Stability89 %82 %
Graphics Test58 fps56 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1398
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4293
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
File Compression178.7 MB/s203.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser134.1 pages/s124.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering146.9 MP/sec143.5 MP/sec
Background Blur12.5 frames/s22.2 frames/s
Photo Processing36 frames/s60.2 frames/s
Image Detection96.5 frames/s130 frames/s
HDR133.3 MP/sec169.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.05 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3350 3230
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 12 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 15 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 A15 GPU
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 1338 MHz
Execution Units 6 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 640
FLOPS 2150.4 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 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 15.8 TOPS

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 6 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 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x320 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 - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr September, 2021 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 APL1W07

Results

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

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