Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 820

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
MediaTek Dimensity 820
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 820
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A764x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 820
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 17.07 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 820
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Mali-G57 MC5
GPU architecture Not available Valhall
GPU clock Not available 650 MHz
Execution units 4 5
Shaders Not available 80
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 820
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 820
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 211 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicMediaTek Dimensity 820
Release September 2019 May 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available 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 A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

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