Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8000 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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CPU A

MediaTek Dimensity 8000

8 cores 2750 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G610 MC6

CPU B

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

Compared fields 43

Different values 36

Quick factual highlights

MediaTek Dimensity 8000

More CPU cores
Higher maximum CPU clock
Smaller manufacturing process

Apple A12 Bionic

Higher listed GPU clock

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

Specification	MediaTek Dimensity 8000	Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	2960 x 1440	2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution	1x 200MP	2x 12MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9	H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs	AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC	AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

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

General

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

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