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
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 24 FPS
Score 9862 4142

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 2.8 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

Graphics

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

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Mediatek APU 650

Memory

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

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

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

Info

Announced September 2022 February 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W10 MT6886
Official page A16 Bionic chip official site Dimensity 7200 official site