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Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A15 Bionic

Flagship

In Geekbench, the Apple A15 Bionic is 2.2x faster in single-core and 73% faster in multi-core. Where the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 does better: 2x faster RAM (4266 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200: key differences

Where the Apple A15 Bionic leads

  • 8% higher peak CPU clock

    3.23 GHz vs 3 GHz

  • Newer Arm instruction set

    ARMv8.5-A vs ARMv8.2-A

  • 4x larger L3 cache

    32 MB vs 8 MB

  • Smaller process node

    5 nm vs 6 nm

  • 3.4x more GPU compute power

    1712 GFLOPS vs 510.3 GFLOPS

  • 73% faster in Geekbench multi-core

    5,457 vs 3,162

  • 2.2x faster in Geekbench single-core

    2,372 vs 1,082

Where the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 leads

  • 2x faster RAM

    4266 MHz vs 2133 MHz

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Apple A15 Bionic 12,00,314
Dimensity 1200 9,84,791

Geekbench Single-Core

2.2x faster
Apple A15 Bionic 2,372
Dimensity 1200 1,082

Geekbench Multi-Core

+73% faster
Apple A15 Bionic 5,457
Dimensity 1200 3,162

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Apple A15 Bionic Dimensity 1200

Overview

Launch Date
September 2021
January 2021
Chipset Class
Flagship
Flagship
Manufacturer
Apple
MediaTek
Model Number
APL1W07
MT6893

CPU

Total Cores
6
8
Core Configuration
2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance)
4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency)
1x 3.0GHz - Cortex-A78
3x 2.6GHz - Cortex-A78
4x 2.0GHz - Cortex-A55
Max Frequency
3230 MHz
3000 MHz
Instruction Set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
Process Node
5 nm
6 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 Cache
12 MB
320 KB
L3 Cache
32 MB
8 MB
TDP
6 W
8 W

GPU

GPU Name
Apple A15 GPU
ARM Mali-G77 MP9
GPU Frequency
1338 MHz
886 MHz
Shading Units
128
32
FLOPS
1712 GFLOPS
510.3 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support
No
No
NPU
16-core Apple Neural Engine
MediaTek APU 3.0
API Support
Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
RAM Frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
Max RAM Size
6 GB
12 GB
Storage Type
NVMe
UFS 3.1

Camera & Display

Camera Support
12 MP
200 MP
Video Capture
4K at 60 FPS
4K at 60FPS
Max Display Resolution
2732 x 2048
WQHD+
Video Playback
4K at 60 FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG, ProRes
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9
Audio Codecs
AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem
Qualcomm Snapdragon X60
Helio M70
Network Support
5G
5G
Download Speed
7.5 Gbps
4.7 Gbps
Upload Speed
3.0 Gbps
2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, NavIC, QZSS

Links

Official page
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Benchmark results

Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.

Apple A15 Bionic Dimensity 1200

AnTuTu v11

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Total
12,00,314
9,84,791
CPU
2,88,667
3,80,612
GPU
3,95,574
1,37,699
Memory
1,41,170
1,78,336
UX
3,74,903
2,88,144

Geekbench

Single-Core
2,372
1,082
Multi-Core
5,457
3,162

Overall Score

Each category scored out of 100.

Total Score

+3 points
Apple A15 Bionic 47
Dimensity 1200 50

CPU Score

+16 points
Apple A15 Bionic 60
Dimensity 1200 44

GPU Score

+27 points
Apple A15 Bionic 65
Dimensity 1200 38

Memory Score

+11 points
Apple A15 Bionic 58
Dimensity 1200 69

Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.

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