Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs Mediatek Dimensity 920

We’ve created an extensive comparison of the latest A15 Bionic Chip vs Dimensity 920 SoCs, manufactured by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We’ve assessed the strengths and weaknesses of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark results, along with a detailed look at their 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 29.20% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 (3230 vs 2500 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 920 (4266 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 (5 vs 6 nm).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 62.37 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 (809 K vs 498 K).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920.
  • A15 Bionic Chip supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 920 ( 34.1 vs MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 920
  • Dimensity 920 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 139277
GPU 351594 128453
Memory 118044 96272
UX 130276 134315
Total score 809118 498317

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% 99%
Graphics test 56 FPS 12 FPS
Score 9524 2003

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 2.5 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-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 32 MB -
L3 cache - 2 MB
Process 5 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 15 billion 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple GPU Mali-G68 MC4
Architecture - Valhall 2
GPU frequency 1200 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 5 4
Shading units 640 64
Total shaders 1280 128
FLOPS - 684 Gigaflops
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 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 2.2, 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, AV1, 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 - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G - Up to 800 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
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 MT6877T
Official page A15 Bionic Chip official site Dimensity 920 official site