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Apple A16 Bionic vs Mediatek Dimensity 1080

A16 Bionic chip
VS
Dimensity 1080
A16 Bionic chip
Dimensity 1080

We’ve conducted a comprehensive side-by-side comparison between the latest A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 1080 SoCs, from Apple and Mediatek respectively. Our analysis delves into the performance of these 6-core and 8-core processors, based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark results, providing detailed technical comparisons.

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 A16 Bionic chip
  • A16 Bionic chip has 33.08% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (3460 vs 2600 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1080 (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (4 vs 6 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 86.71 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (965 K vs 517 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1080.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 89.63 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 ( 51.2 vs 27 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 1080
  • Dimensity 1080 has -32.05 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 950 vs 1398 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
A16 Bionic chip
vs
Dimensity 1080

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 247110 143941
GPU 408357 140125
Memory 162944 96692
UX 146541 136066
Total score 964952 516824

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 79% 99%
Graphics test 59 FPS 13 FPS
Score 9862 2287

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth		 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2600MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion 12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G68 MC4
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 2
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 6 5
Shading units 768 64
Total shaders 1536 128
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 LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 27 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
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+ AAC, 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 -
Download speed 4G - Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced September 2022 October 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 MT6877V/TTZA
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Dimensity 1080 official site