Apple A16 Bionic vs Mediatek Dimensity 7200
We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released
A16 Bionic chip versus Dimensity 7200
SoCs, brought to you by
Apple and Mediatek respectively. This
comparison examines the pros and cons of these
6-core and 8
-core processors, with data from
Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark
benchmarks, alongside their detailed
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
23.57%
higher CPU clock speed than
Dimensity 7200 (3460 vs 2800 MHz).
A16 Bionic chip
has
53.87
%
better AnTuTu 9
score than
Dimensity 7200 (965 K vs
627
K).
A16 Bionic chip
supports
25.80
%
higher
memory
bandwidth
than
Dimensity 7200
(
51.2
vs
40.7
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
160410
GPU
408357
202112
Memory
162944
119625
UX
146541
144980
Total score
964952
627127
GeekBench 6
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and
multithreaded CPU
performance
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics
performance in Vulkan
(Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability
79%
-
Graphics test
59 FPS
24 FPS
Score
9862
4142
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity
9300
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Base Frequency
2020MHz
2000MHz
Turbo Frequency
3460MHz
2800MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A
L2 cache
256 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
1 MB
L3 cache
-
4 MB
Process
4 nanometers
4 nanometers
Transistor count
16 billion
12 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
8 W
8 W
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Mali-G610 MC4
Architecture
Apple GPU
Valhall 2
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
Pipelines
6
4
Shading units
768
512
Total shaders
1536
1024
FLOPS
-
-
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Mediatek APU 650
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
-
-
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
40.7 Gbit/s
Max size
8 GB
16 GB
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2560 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
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
Modem
-
2CC 5G Modem
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed 5G
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed 4G
-
Up to 0 Mbps
Upload speed 5G
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 0 Mbps
Upload speed 4G
-
Up to 0 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC