Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 1200 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
March 2020
January 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
MT6893
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
6 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3000 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G77 MP9
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
850 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
0.9792 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
9
Shading units
512
64
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
DirectX version
12
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 19
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
320 KB
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
MediaTek APU 3.0
TDP
15 W
10 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
Dimensity 1200
- Higher Technology: 6 nm (7 nm vs 6 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2021 (March 2020 vs January 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+18%
1322
Dimensity 1200
1118
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+45%
4642
Dimensity 1200
3198
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
+6%
1073
Dimensity 1200
1009
SiliconCat Rating
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
55
Ranks 55 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 1200
