Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Dimensity 6100 Plus SoCs, developed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 6-core and 8-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 46.82% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6100 Plus (3230 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6100 Plus (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6100 Plus (5 vs 6 nm).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 123.93 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6100 Plus (809 K vs 361 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6100 Plus.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports 99.77 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6100 Plus ( 34.1 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 6100 Plus
  • Dimensity 6100 Plus has -20.83 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 950 vs 1200 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 209204 112256
GPU 351594 98184
Memory 118044 66187
UX 130276 84704
Total score 809118 361331

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 82% -
Graphics test 56 FPS -
Score 9524 -

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3230MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 32 MB 1 MB
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture - Valhall
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 5 2
Shading units 640 32
Total shaders 1280 64
FLOPS - 243 Gigaflops
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 6 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution - 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Modem - 3GPP Release-16 standard 5G modem
4G support LTE Cat. 24 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3300 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2021 July 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W07 -
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Dimensity 6100 Plus official site