CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8 cores 2850 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G610 MC6
Compared fields
43
Different values
36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher listed GPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 8100 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 4x 2.85 GHz - Cortex-A784x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2850 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 8100 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 6400 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 8100 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G610 MC6 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Valhall 2 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 912 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 6 |
| Shaders | 256 | Not available |
| 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 8100 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 8100 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 21 |
| 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 8100 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | March 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | 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 A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Honor Pad V8 Pro WiFi
- Display
- IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pix…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 10050 mAh
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