Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000

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CPU A

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

CPU B

MediaTek Dimensity 8000

8 cores 2750 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G610 MC6

Compared fields 43

Different values 36

Quick factual highlights

Apple A12 Bionic

Higher listed GPU clock

MediaTek Dimensity 8000

More CPU cores
Higher maximum CPU clock
Smaller manufacturing process

CPU

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 8000
Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest	4x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores	6	8
Clock speed	2490 MHz	2750 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A
Process technology	7 nanometers	5 nanometers
Transistors	6.9 billion	Not available
TDP	6 W	8 W

Cache and memory

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 8000
L1 cache	128 KB	Not available
L2 cache	8 MB	Not available
L3 cache	Not available	4 MB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bus	1x 64 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	34.1 Gbit/s	51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	12 GB	Not available

Graphics and AI

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 8000
GPU	Apple A12 Bionic GPU	Mali-G610 MC6
GPU architecture	Not available	Valhall 3
GPU clock	1125 MHz	600 MHz
Execution units	32	6
Shaders	256	96
FLOPS	560 Gigaflops	916 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.1	1.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
DirectX	12	12
Neural processor / NPU	Yes	Yes

Display and media

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 8000
Maximum display resolution	2688 x 1242	2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution	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, Motion JPEG	H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs	AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3	AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 8000
4G	LTE Cat. 18	Not available
5G	No	Yes
Download speed	Up to 1000 Mbps	Not available
Upload speed	Up to 150 Mbps	Not available
Wi-Fi	5	6
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	MediaTek Dimensity 8000
Release	September 2018	March 2022
Class	Flagship	Flagship
Model number	APL1W81	MT6895
Storage support	NVMe	UFS 3.1
Devices in database	Not available	2

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