Apple A15 Bionic vs Mediatek Dimensity 8350
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In this comparison, we take a closer look at two SoCs, Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350, based on their benchmarks and specifications. The Apple A15 Bionic comes with a hexa-core CPU paired with an Apple A15 GPU GPU, while the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 comes with an octa-core CPU and the Mali-G615 MP6 GPU.
Key Advantages
Top Reasons to Choose the Apple A15 Bionic
- Geekbench 6 shows 76% faster single-core and 43% faster multi-core performance
Top Reasons to Choose the MediaTek Dimensity 8350
- More advanced 4 nm process vs 5 nm
- Newer Bluetooth 5.4 vs 5.0
- 4% Faster CPU clock speed (3350 MHz vs 3230 MHz )
- Better multitasking with 8 cores compared to 6
- 26% higher compute power (2.15 TFLOPS vs 1.712 TFLOPS)
- Uses newer LPDDR5X memory compared to older LPDDR4X
- 100% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 GB/s vs 34.1 GB/s)
- Released 3 years and 2 months later - (November 2024 vs september 2021)
- Newer CPU architecture (ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.5-A)
Overall Score
| CPU Score |
60
|
60
|
| GPU Score |
65
|
66
|
| Memory Score |
58
|
90
|
| Total Score |
61
|
72
|
AnTuTu 11 Score
Apple A15 Bionic +2%
Apple A15 Bionic
1,370,514
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1,344,067
| CPU | 397,445 | 288,296 |
| GPU | 346,512 | 529,421 |
| MEM | 164,227 | 260,128 |
| UX | 462,330 | 266,222 |
| TOTAL | 1,370,514 | 1,344,067 |
Geekbench 6 Score
Single-Core
Apple A15 Bionic +76%
Apple A15 Bionic
2,341
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
1,330
Multi-Core
Apple A15 Bionic +43%
Apple A15 Bionic
5,742
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
4,014
| Single-Core | 2,341 | 1,330 |
| Multi-Core | 5,742 | 4,014 |
Gaming FPS Support
BGMI/PUBG Mobile
Smooth preset
Apple A15 Bionic
90 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Ultra HD preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Call of Duty Mobile
Low preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Max preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Free Fire
Smooth preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Ultra preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Genshin Impact
Low preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Highest preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Fortnite
Low preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
Epic preset
Apple A15 Bionic
60 FPS
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
–
| Game | Apple A15 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 8350 |
|---|---|---|
| BGMI/PUBG Mobile |
90 FPS (Smooth)
60 FPS (Ultra HD) |
–
– |
| Call of Duty Mobile |
60 FPS (Low)
60 FPS (Max) |
–
– |
| Free Fire |
60 FPS (Smooth)
60 FPS (Ultra) |
–
– |
| Genshin Impact |
60 FPS (Low)
60 FPS (Highest) |
–
– |
| Fortnite |
60 FPS (Low)
60 FPS (Epic) |
–
– |
Note: "Locked" means restricted by the game or device. Shown FPS is the selectable option; performance may vary.
Specification
Apple A15 Bionic
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
General
| Chipset | Apple A15 Bionic | MediaTek Dimensity 8350 |
| Launch Date | september 9, 2021 | November 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Model Number | APL1W07 | MT6897 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
CPU
| Core Configuration | 2x 3.23 GHz Avalanche (Performance) 4x 2.02 GHz Blizzard (Efficiency) |
1x 3.35 GHz - Cortex-A715 3x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-A715 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A510 |
| CPU Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Max Clock Speed | 3230 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| Architecture | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 4 MB |
| Process Node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 Watts |
GPU
| GPU Name | Apple A15 GPU | Mali-G615 MP6 |
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Neural Processing Unit | 16-core Apple Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Shading Units | 128 | 128 |
| Compute Performance | 1.712 TFLOPS | 2.150 TFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | No | Yes |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX | - | 12 |
Memory & Storage
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Frequency | 2133 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16-bit |
| Max Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s | 68.2 GB/s |
| Max RAM Size | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
ISP & Multimedia
| Max Camera | 12 MP | 1x 320MP |
| Video Capture | 4K at 60 FPS | 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Playback | 4K at 60 FPS | 4K @ 60FPS |
| Video Codecs | H.264 H.265 VP8 VP9 Motion JPEG ProRes |
H.264 H.265 AV1 VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC AAX AAX+ AC-3 AIFF CAF E-AC-3 MP3 MP4 WAV |
AAC LC FLAC HE-AACv1 HE-AACv2 MP3 |
| Display Support | 2732 x 2048 | 2960 x 1440 (WQHD+) |
Connectivity
| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 | MediaTek T800 |
| 4G Support | Yes | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download Speed | Up to 7.5 Gbps | Up to 7.9 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | Up to 3.0 Gbps | Up to 4.2 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth Version | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou | NAVIC, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |