Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8200
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 1x 3.1 GHz - Cortex A783x 3 GHz - Cortex A784x 2 GHz - Cortex A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A Not available
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8200
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

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8200
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Mali-G610 MC6
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 2
GPU clock 1125 MHz Not available
Execution units 32 6
Shaders 256 Not available
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.2
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes MediaTek APU 580

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8200
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 320MP
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, 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 8200
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

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 8200
Release September 2018 December 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W81 Not available
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.1
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 8200

5G
Oppo Reno10 Pro PHV110
Oppo

Oppo Reno10 Pro PHV110

3.0
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1240 × 2772 pixels…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4600 mAh
5G
Redmi K60e
Redmi

Redmi K60e

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3200 pixels…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5500 mAh
5G
Xiaomi Civi 3
Xiaomi

Xiaomi Civi 3

2.9
Smartphone
Display
OLED 67.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh