Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 820 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 32
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 820
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 820Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A764x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2600 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 6.9 billion
TDP 10 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 820Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 128 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 820Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Mali-G57 MC5 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Valhall Not available
GPU clock 650 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution units 5 32
Shaders 80 256
FLOPS Not available 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 820Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 820Apple A12 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 211 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 820Apple A12 Bionic
Release May 2020 September 2018
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6875 APL1W81
Storage support UFS 2.2 NVMe
Devices in database 4 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 820

5G
Vivo S9e
Vivo

Vivo S9e

2.9
Smartphone
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
Vivo

Vivo S7t

2.9
Smartphone
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
Redmi

Redmi 10X Pro 5G

3.6
Smartphone
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
Redmi

Redmi 10X 5G

3.6
Smartphone
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

Apple A12 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.