Mobile processor comparison

Apple A10 Fusion vs MediaTek Dimensity 820

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Apple A10 Fusion
  • Higher listed GPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 820
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 820
Architecture 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A764x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 4 8
Clock speed 2340 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 16 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 3.3 billion Not available
TDP 5 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 820
L1 cache 64 KB Not available
L2 cache 3 MB Not available
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus Not available 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 17.07 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 820
GPU PowerVR GT7600 Mali-G57 MC5
GPU architecture Rogue Valhall
GPU clock 900 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 6 5
Shaders 196 80
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 820
Maximum display resolution 2048 x 1536 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 820
4G LTE Cat. 12 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 600 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 100 Mbps Up to 211 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 4.2 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A10 FusionMediaTek Dimensity 820
Release September 2016 May 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available MT6875
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 4
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 820

5G
Vivo S9e
Vivo

Vivo S9e

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4100 mAh
5G
Vivo S7t
Vivo

Vivo S7t

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Redmi 10X Pro 5G
Redmi

Redmi 10X Pro 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4520 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Redmi 10X 5G
Redmi

Redmi 10X 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4520 mAh