Apple A16 Bionic vs Mediatek Dimensity 6020

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Dimensity 6020 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 A16 Bionic chip
  • A16 Bionic chip has 57.27% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6020 (3460 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6020 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 42.86% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6020 (4 vs 7 nm).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 158.25 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6020 (965 K vs 374 K).
  • A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6020.
  • A16 Bionic chip supports 199.94 % higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 6020 ( 51.2 vs 17.07 MHz).
Pros of Dimensity 6020
  • Dimensity 6020 has -32.05 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 950 vs 1398 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 247110 105422
GPU 408357 84018
Memory 162944 82373
UX 146541 101844
Total score 964952 373657

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% -
Graphics test 59 FPS -
Score 9862 -

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 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 6 8
Base Frequency 2020MHz 2000MHz
Turbo Frequency 3460MHz 2200MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 256 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB -
L3 cache - -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion -
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W -

Graphics

GPU name Apple A16 GPU Mali-G57 MC2
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 6 2
Shading units 768 32
Total shaders 1536 64
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version - 1.1
OpenCL version - 2.0
DirectX version - 12

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 6400 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Max display resolution 2796 x 1290 2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 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 Yes
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed 4G - -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3500 Mbps -
Upload speed 4G - -
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2022 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number APL1W10 -
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Dimensity 6020 official site