Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 1000. 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 3.24 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A77
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 5 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU MediaTek APU 3.0

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 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. 5 Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 5 9
Shaders 640 144
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 2520x1080@90Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 4.7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2019 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W07 MT6889
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Dimensity 1000
442157

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Dimensity 1000
683

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Dimensity 1000
2908