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Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 6080 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 6080 vs Apple A18 SoCs by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 6080 27
Apple A18 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 6080 17
Apple A18 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 6080 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 6080 41
Apple A18 94
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 6080 Apple A18
CPU 135946 421143
GPU 69519 615010
Memory 103763 178670
UX 121897 345874
Total score 431125 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 68.33% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 6080 (4040 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 47.16% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 6080 (1398 vs 950 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 251.62% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 6080 (7500 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 6080 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 262.01% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 6080 (1,561 K vs 431 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 6080.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 6080 778
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 6080 2075
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

63%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

107%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB -
  • L2 cache 1 MB -
  • L3 cache 2 MB -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 6 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC2 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall 1st gen Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 950 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 64 128
  • FLOPS 243.2 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 7500 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17.07 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Dimensity 6080

CPU
27%
GPU
17%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

CPU
98%
GPU
96%
Memory
88%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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