Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
March 2020
November 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
Dimensity 8300
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3350 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
1400 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
64
6
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
-
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
68.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
-
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
1x 320MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
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 780
TDP
15 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 8300
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3350 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (March 2020 vs November 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Dimensity 8300
+14%
1506
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
4642
Dimensity 8300
+4%
4844
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 8300
