Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 8000. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A15 Bionic

1279854

Dimensity 8000

774154

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

2316

Dimensity 8000

845

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A15 Bionic

5719

Dimensity 8000

3519

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard	4x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	15000 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	MediaTek APU 580

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 5	Mali-G610 MP6
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Valhall
GPU frequency	1338 MHz	860 MHz
Execution units	5	6
Shaders	640	96
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP
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	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS