MediaTek Dimensity 8350 vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 8350, vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 8350 and Apple A16 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 8350
1353134
Apple A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU324360381160
GPU484687472052
Memory265076258668
UX279011329468
NanoReview Score13531341441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
n/a
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stabilityn/a79 %
Graphics Testn/a59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1285
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4325
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression181.9 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser136.6 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering163 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur13 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing35.2 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection98.3 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR133.4 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.81 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3350 3460
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G615 MP6 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Valhall 4rd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1400 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 6 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 640
FLOPS 2150.4 GFLOPS 1789.4 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 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 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 2796x1290 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 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
- 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 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced November, 2024 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename MT6897 MT6897Z_A/ZA MT8792Z/NA APL1W10

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A16 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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