Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 800

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 33
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 800
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 800
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 4x 2 GHz - Cortex-A764x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 800
L1 cache 128 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 17.07 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 800
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Mali-G57 MC4
GPU architecture Not available Valhall
GPU clock 1125 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 32 4
Shaders 256 64
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 800
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 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, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 800
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 211 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 800
Release September 2018 December 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W81 MT6873
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 38
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A12 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

MediaTek Dimensity 800

5G
Huawei Nova 8 SE 5G
Huawei

Huawei Nova 8 SE 5G

3.0
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3800 mAh
5G
Huawei Maimang 9
Huawei

Huawei Maimang 9

2.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6.81…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4300 mAh
5G
Huawei Enjoy 20 Pro
Huawei

Huawei Enjoy 20 Pro

3.0
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Huawei Enjoy Z 5G
Huawei

Huawei Enjoy Z 5G

2.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16 colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Oppo K10 5G
Oppo

Oppo K10 5G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Oppo Reno6 Z 5G
Oppo

Oppo Reno6 Z 5G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4310 mAh