Mobile processor comparison

Apple A10 Fusion vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 43
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A10 Fusion No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 8100
Architecture 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr 4x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 4 8
Clock speed 2340 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 16 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 3.3 billion Not available
TDP 5 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 8100
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 3 MB Not available
L3 cache 4 MB 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR5
Memory frequency Not available 6400 MHz
Memory bus Not available 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB Not available

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 8100
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU architecture Rogue Valhall 2
GPU clock 900 MHz 912 MHz
Execution units 6 6
Shaders 196 Not available
FLOPS 115 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU No Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 8100
Maximum display resolution 2048 x 1536 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 8100
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 21
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Not available
Upload speed Up to 100 Mbps Not available
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 4.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 8100
Release September 2016 March 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number Not available MT6895Z/TCZA
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 3
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A10 Fusion

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

MediaTek Dimensity 8100

Honor Pad V8 Pro WiFi
Honor

Honor Pad V8 Pro WiFi

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pix…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 10050 mAh