Apple A13 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 1080. 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 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder	2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	8500 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	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. 3	Mali-G68 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Valhall
GPU frequency	1350 MHz	800 MHz
Execution units	4	4
Shaders	256	64
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP
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	1.2 Gbps	2.77 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS