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