Apple A16 Bionic vs Mediatek Dimensity 8100
We’ve thoroughly compared the latest A16 Bionic chip vs Dimensity 8100 SoCs, developed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key specifications.
Review
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
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
- A16 Bionic chip has 21.40% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (3460 vs 2850 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (4 vs 5 nm).
- A16 Bionic chip has 19.35 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8100 (965 K vs 809 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has the latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8100.
Pros of Dimensity 8100
- Dimensity 8100 has -34.76 % higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip ( 912 vs 1398 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 247110 | 204875 |
| GPU | 408357 | 311503 |
| Memory | 162944 | 130636 |
| UX | 146541 | 161518 |
| Total score | 964952 | 808532 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 79% | 94% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 34 FPS |
| Score | 9862 | 5620 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A16 Bionic chip and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3460MHz | 2850MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 16 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Mali-G610 MC6 |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Valhall 2 |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 912 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 6 |
| Shading units | 768 | - |
| Total shaders | 1536 | - |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | APU 580 (multi-core) |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | - |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 200MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| 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 LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | R16-ready 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 | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2022 | March 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | MT6895Z/TCZA |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Dimensity 8100 official site |