CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 820
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
MediaTek Dimensity 820
8 cores 2600 MHz 7 nanometers Mali-G57 MC5
Compared fields
42
Different values
32
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher listed GPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 820
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 820 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A764x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 820 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 820 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G57 MC5 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Valhall |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 5 |
| Shaders | 256 | 80 |
| 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 820 |
|---|---|---|
| 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, 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 820 |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 820 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | May 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | 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 A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
MediaTek Dimensity 820
5G
Vivo S9e
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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