MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple M1 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8300, vs Apple M1 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8300 and Apple M1 (iPad)
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 M1 (iPad)
1795997
CPU299593479517
GPU524768777678
Memory327987194372
UX254361334430
NanoReview Score14067091795997
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
9818
Apple M1 (iPad)
17076
Stability89 %73 %
Graphics Test58 fps102 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
1398
Apple M1 (iPad)
2304
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
4293
Apple M1 (iPad)
8422
File Compression178.7 MB/s326.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser134.1 pages/s176 pages/s
PDF Rendering146.9 MP/sec224.2 MP/sec
Background Blur12.5 frames/s31.9 frames/s
Photo Processing36 frames/s70 frames/s
Image Detection96.5 frames/s192 frames/s
HDR133.3 MP/sec283 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.05 MP/sec9.65 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3350 3200
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache n/a 12 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 14 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Apple M1 GPU
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Apple GPU
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 6 8
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 1024
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 2617 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 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 68.25 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 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
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr November, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 APL1102

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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