Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030
We’ve put together a comprehensive comparison of the newly released A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 7030 SoCs, brought to you by Apple and Mediatek respectively. This analysis breaks down the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores, along with their technical details.
Review
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
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
- A15 Bionic Chip has 29.20% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 7030 (3230 vs 2500 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 20.00% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 7030 (1200 vs 1000 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 7030 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 7030 (5 vs 6 nm).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 56.24 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7030 (809 K vs 518 K).
- A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 7030.
- A15 Bionic Chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 7030 ( 34.1 vs MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 209204 | 163674 |
| GPU | 351594 | 81587 |
| Memory | 118044 | 121193 |
| UX | 130276 | 151408 |
| Total score | 809118 | 517862 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | - |
| Graphics test | 56 FPS | - |
| Score | 9524 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3230MHz | 2500MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 32 MB | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 6 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Mali-G610 MP3 |
| Architecture | - | Valhall 3rd gen |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Pipelines | 5 | 3 |
| Shading units | 640 | - |
| Total shaders | 1280 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 550 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 6 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K 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+ | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2021 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W07 | - |
| Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Dimensity 7030 official site |