Mediatek Dimensity 920 vs Apple A14 Bionic

We’ve analyzed the newly launched Dimensity 920 and A14 Bionic SoCs, created by Mediatek and Apple respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 8-core and 6-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

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 Dimensity 920
  • Dimensity 920 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
Pros of A14 Bionic
  • A14 Bionic has 24.00 % higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 920 ( 3100 vs 2500 MHz).
  • A14 Bionic has 16.67 % smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 920 ( 5 vs 6 nm).
  • A14 Bionic has 50.69 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 920 ( 751 K vs 498 K).
  • A14 Bionic has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 920 .

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.
750935
CPU 139277 203493
GPU 128453 284242
Memory 96272 131989
UX 134315 131211
Total score 498317 750935

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 99% 77%
Graphics test 12 FPS 50 FPS
Score 2003 8375

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Cores 8 6
Base Frequency 2000MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 2500MHz 3100MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.5-A
L2 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 12 billion 11.8 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MC4 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Valhall 2 -
GPU frequency 950 MHz -
Pipelines 4 4
Shading units 64 -
Total shaders 128 -
FLOPS 684 Gigaflops 998 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth - 34.1 Gbit/s
Max size 16 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

Modem - -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 2770 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 1200 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 800 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced August 2021 September 2020
Class Mid-range Flagship
Model number MT6877T APL1W01
Official page Dimensity 920 official site A14 Bionic official site