Mobile processor comparison

MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 34
Quick factual highlights
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8300Apple A16 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.35 GHz - Cortex-A7153x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-A7154x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A510 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3350 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors Not available 16 billion
TDP 5.8 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8300Apple A16 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache Not available 16 MB
L3 cache 4 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 4266 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8300Apple A16 Bionic
GPU Mali-G615 MP6 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Valhall 4rd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 1400 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units Not available 5
Shaders 128 128
FLOPS 2150.4 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
Neural processor / NPU MediaTek APU 780 Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8300Apple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2960 x 1440 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8300Apple A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5170 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationMediaTek Dimensity 8300Apple A16 Bionic
Release November 2023 September 2022
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6897 APL1W10
Storage support UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database 2 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

MediaTek Dimensity 8300

Motorola Moto Pad 60 pro
Motorola

Motorola Moto Pad 60 pro

3.6
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 144 Hz, 1840 × 2944 pix…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 10200 mAh
Lenovo Idea Tab Pro
Lenovo

Lenovo Idea Tab Pro

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 144 Hz, 1840 × 2944 pix…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 10200 mAh
5G
Redmi K70E
Redmi

Redmi K70E

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 67.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5500 mAh
5G
Xiaomi 14T
Xiaomi

Xiaomi 14T

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 68.7G colors, 144 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixe…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
POCO X6 Pro
POCO

POCO X6 Pro

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 67.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 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