Apple A19 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500
In Geekbench, the Apple A19 Pro is 2.2x faster in single-core and 48% faster in multi-core. Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 does better: 7% more GPU compute power (2662.4 GFLOPS vs 2488.3 GFLOPS).
Apple A19 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500: key differences
Where the Apple A19 Pro leads
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25% higher peak CPU clock
4.26 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
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5.3x larger L3 cache
32 MB vs 6 MB
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Smaller process node
3 nm vs 4nm
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48% faster in Geekbench multi-core
10,009 vs 6,762
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2.2x faster in Geekbench single-core
3,879 vs 1,728
Where the MediaTek Dimensity 8500 leads
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7% more GPU compute power
2662.4 GFLOPS vs 2488.3 GFLOPS
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
Geekbench Single-Core
2.2x fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+48% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- September 2025
- January 2026
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Upper Mid-range
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- MediaTek
- Model Number
- T8150
- MT6899
CPU
- Total Cores
- 6
- 8
- Core Configuration
- 2x 4.26 GHz performance cores
4x 2.60 GHz efficiency cores - 1x 3.40 GHz - Cortex-A725
3x 3.20 GHz - Cortex-A725
4x 2.20 GHz - Cortex-A725 - Max Frequency
- 4260 MHz
- 3400 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9.2-A
- ARMv9.2-A
- Process Node
- 3 nm
- 4nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 16 MB (performance)
4 MB (efficiency) - -
- L3 Cache
- 32 MB
- 6 MB
GPU
- GPU Name
- Apple A19 pro (6-core GPU)
- Arm Mali-G720 MC8
- GPU Frequency
- 1620 MHz
- 1300 MHz
- Shading Units
- 128
- 128
- FLOPS
- 2488.3 GFLOPS
- 2662.4 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- Yes
- NPU
- Neural Engine
- MediaTek NPU 880
- API Support
- Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
- OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 4800 MHz
- 4800 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x 16 Bit
- 4x 16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 75.8 GB/s
- 76.8 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 12 GB
- 24 GB
- Storage Type
- NVMe
- UFS 4.0
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 48MP
- 320MP
- Video Capture
- 4K at 120FPS
- 4K at 60FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 4K
- WQHD+
- Video Playback
- 4K at 120FPS
- 4K at 60FPS
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9
- 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
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon (on Pro models), Apple C1X (on Air)
- -
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 10 Gbps (Snapdragon)
- 5.17 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps (Snapdragon)
- 1.25 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- 6E
- Bluetooth
- 6.0
- 6.0
- Navigation
- NAVIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
- NavIC, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
- Total
- 20,06,613
- 24,07,614
- CPU
- 7,96,137
- 7,09,591
- GPU
- 6,02,282
- 7,62,021
- Memory
- 2,44,562
- 4,09,017
- UX
- 3,61,022
- 5,26,985
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 3,879
- 1,728
- Multi-Core
- 10,009
- 6,762
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+13 pointsCPU Score
+25 pointsGPU Score
+14 pointsMemory Score
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