Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000L

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 1000L. 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 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 2 Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 700 MHz
Execution units 4 9
Shaders 256 144
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 2520x1080
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 1 Gbps 4.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2019 November
Partnumber APL1W81 MT6885Z
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Dimensity 1000L
438538

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Dimensity 1000L
674

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Dimensity 1000L
2802