Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8350
Across 12 measured categories, the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 comes out ahead.
I put the Apple A15 Bionic and the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 side by side to see how they really compare. On graphics, the Apple A15 Bionic runs the Apple A15 GPU while the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 runs the Mali-G615 MP6. Below I go through the CPU, GPU, memory and connectivity, then the benchmark scores, so you can work out which one is the better fit for you.
Where each chip wins
Apple A15 Bionic
3 advantages
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20% faster Geekbench multi-core score
5,457 vs 4,566
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66% faster Geekbench single-core score
2,372 vs 1,428
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Larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 4 MB
MediaTek Dimensity 8350
7 advantages
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37% higher AnTuTu score
16.42 Lakhs vs 12.00 Lakhs
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120 MHz higher CPU clock
3350 MHz vs 3230 MHz
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Newer CPU architecture
ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.5-A
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1 nm smaller semiconductor size
4 nm vs 5 nm
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Higher GPU FLOPS
2150.4 GFLOPS vs 1712 GFLOPS
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Newer memory type
LPDDR5X vs LPDDR4X
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2,133 MHz higher RAM speed
4266 MHz vs 2133 MHz
Benchmark charts
AnTuTu v11 Total
Geekbench Single-Core
Geekbench Multi-Core
Specifications Comparison
Here is how the Apple A15 Bionic and the MediaTek Dimensity 8350 compare across every spec. In each row, the stronger value is highlighted so the differences are easy to spot.
| Launch Date | September 2021 | November 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset Class | Flagship | Upper Mid-range |
| Manufacturer | Apple | MediaTek |
| Model Number | APL1W07 | MT6897 |
| Total Cores | 6 | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Max Frequency | 3230 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| Instruction Set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9-A |
| Process Node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 Cache | 12 MB | - |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB | 4 MB |
| TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
| GPU Name | Apple A15 GPU | Mali-G615 MP6 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Frequency | 1338 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Shading Units | 128 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1712 GFLOPS | 2150.4 GFLOPS |
| Ray Tracing Support | No | Yes |
| NPU | 16-core Apple Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 780 |
| API Support | Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0 | Vulkan 1.4, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL ES 3.2 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
|---|---|---|
| RAM Frequency | 2133 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Memory 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 |
| Camera Support | 12 MP | 320MP |
|---|---|---|
| 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, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio Codecs | AAC, MP3, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC LC, FLAC, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, MP3 |
| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X60 | MediaTek T800 |
|---|---|---|
| Network Support | 5G | 5G |
| Download Speed | 7.5 Gbps | 7.9 Gbps |
| Upload Speed | 3.0 Gbps | 4.2 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6E |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou | NAVIC, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Official page | - | Visit |
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Benchmark results
| Total | 12,00,314 | 16,42,027 |
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| CPU | 2,88,667 | 4,73,434 |
| GPU | 3,95,574 | 4,88,428 |
| Memory | 1,41,170 | 2,65,639 |
| UX | 3,74,903 | 4,13,526 |
| Single-Core | 2,372 | 1,428 |
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| Multi-Core | 5,457 | 4,566 |
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
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