Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8100 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
September 2021
March 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W07
MT6895Z/TCZA
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3230 MHz
2850 MHz
Transistor count
15
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Mali-G610 MP6
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
860 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
1.309 TFLOPS
Execution units
5
6
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.3
DirectX version
-
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 21
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
12 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
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)
Neural Engine
Yes
TDP
6 W
6 W
Advantages
Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 2850 MHz)
Dimensity 8100
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: March 2022 (September 2021 vs March 2022)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+104%
2333
Dimensity 8100
1141
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+58%
5741
Dimensity 8100
3640
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
+53%
1302680
Dimensity 8100
852364
FP32 (float)
Apple A15 Bionic
+26%
1661
Dimensity 8100
1322
SiliconCat Rating
15
Ranks 15 among all SOC on our website
50
Ranks 50 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 8100
