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Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 8050 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8050 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 8050 32
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8050 24
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8050 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8050 45
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8050 Apple A18
CPU 217200 421143
GPU 208098 615010
Memory 138670 178670
UX 138035 345874
Total score 702003 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 34.67% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8050 (4040 vs 3000 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 64.47% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8050 (1398 vs 850 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 8050 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8050 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 122.32% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8050 (1,561 K vs 702 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8050.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8050 964
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8050 3261
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

Stability 96%

Graphics test 27 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display QHD+ @ 90 Hz, FHD+ @ 168 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78
    3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 850 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 9 -
  • Shading units 144 128
  • FLOPS 980 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 570 Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 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. 19 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 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 8050

CPU
32%
GPU
24%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

CPU
82%
GPU
84%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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