Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1050

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 1050. 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	2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	MediaTek APU 550

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Mali-G610 MP3
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Valhall
GPU frequency	1125 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shaders	256
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
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	4.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS