Apple A17 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with MediaTek Dimensity 820. 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 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown
6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
4x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 3 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 19000 million
TDP 8 Watt 10 Watt
Neural Processing NPU NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 7 Mali-G57 MP5
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 6 5
Shaders 768 80
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.1
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 1x 32MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 2.77 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 1.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2020 May
Partnumber APL1V02 MT6875
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A17 Pro
1568389
Dimensity 820
403227

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A17 Pro
2939
Dimensity 820
615

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A17 Pro
7414
Dimensity 820
1924