Apple A15 Bionic
Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A15 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
September 2021
November 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W07
Dimensity 8300
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3230 MHz
3350 MHz
Transistor count
15
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
1400 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
5
6
Shading units
128
-
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
68.2 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 320MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
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
MediaTek APU 780
TDP
6 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 8300
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3350 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 68.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (September 2021 vs November 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+55%
2333
Dimensity 8300
1506
Multi Core
Apple A15 Bionic
+19%
5741
Dimensity 8300
4844
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
1302680
Dimensity 8300
+15%
1502988
SiliconCat Rating
15
Ranks 15 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 8300
