Apple A11 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A11 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 820. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon
4x 1.19 GHz – Mistral
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 10 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 4300 million
TDP 8 Watt 10 Watt
Neural Processing Apple M10 NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 3 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 1 Mali-G57 MP5
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1066 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 3 5
Shaders 192 80
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2436x1125 2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 80MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 0.6 Gbps 2.77 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.15 Gbps 1.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2017 Quarter 3 2020 May
Partnumber APL1W72 MT6875
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A11 Bionic
407854
Dimensity 820
403227

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A11 Bionic
1083
Dimensity 820
615

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A11 Bionic
2348
Dimensity 820
1924