Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Mediatek Dimensity 810
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 810 SoCs, developed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
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 34.58% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 810 (3230 vs 2400 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 810 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 810 (5 vs 6 nm).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 112.08 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 810 (809 K vs 382 K).
- A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 810.
- A15 Bionic Chip supports 99.77 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 810 ( 34.1 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 810
- Dimensity 810 has -29.17 % higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 850 vs 1200 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 209204 | 113696 |
| GPU | 351594 | 85477 |
| Memory | 118044 | 76385 |
| UX | 130276 | 105966 |
| Total score | 809118 | 381524 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 56 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Score | 9524 | 1232 |
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 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3230MHz | 2400MHz |
| 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 | 12 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Mali-G57 MC2 |
| Architecture | - | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Pipelines | 5 | 2 |
| Shading units | 640 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 1280 | 64 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
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 | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.2 |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 64MP, 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 | - | - |
| 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 | - | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 1250 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2021 | August 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
| Model number | APL1W07 | MT6833V |
| Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Dimensity 810 official site |