Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 1000 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 1000
  • More CPU cores
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000Apple A16 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A774x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2600 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors Not available 16 billion
TDP 10 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000Apple A16 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache Not available 16 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 29.87 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 16 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000Apple A16 Bionic
GPU Mali-G77 MP9 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 850 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units 9 5
Shaders 144 128
FLOPS 800 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek APU 3.0 Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000Apple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000Apple A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 211 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 1000Apple A16 Bionic
Release November 2019 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number MT6889 APL1W10
Storage support UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0 NVMe
Devices in database 8 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 1000

PDF manual 5G
LG Velvet 5G
LG

LG Velvet 5G

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2460 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4300 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G
Oppo

Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6.55 in…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4400 mAh
5G
Vivo iQOO Z1
Vivo

Vivo iQOO Z1

2.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 144 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pixel…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Honor V40
Honor

Honor V40

3.2
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1236 × 2676 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Realme X7 Pro Ultra
Realme

Realme X7 Pro Ultra

3.6
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 90 Hz, 1080 × 2400 p…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Realme X7 Pro
Realme

Realme X7 Pro

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Redmi K30 Ultra
Redmi

Redmi K30 Ultra

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh

Apple A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh