A15 Bionic Chip Vs Dimensity 1300
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Dimensity 1300 SoCs by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic Chip
- A15 Bionic Chip has 7.67% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1300 (3230 vs 3000 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 41.18% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1300 (1200 vs 850 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 16.67% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1300 (5 vs 6 nm).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 20.58% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1300 (809 K vs 671 K).
- A15 Bionic Chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1300.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 209204 | 181145 |
GPU | 351594 | 240476 |
Memory | 118044 | 122105 |
UX | 130276 | 127295 |
Total score | 809118 | 671021 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 224.8 Mpixels/s | - |
Face detection | 43.1 images/s | - |
Speech recognition | 136.1 words/s | - |
Machine learning | 104.9 images/s | - |
Camera shooting | 49.3 images/s | - |
HTML 5 | 5.64 Mnodes/s | - |
SQLite | 1270 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
73%
Apple A1536%
Dimensity 1300Score: 9524
Stability | 82% | 99% |
Graphics test | 56 FPS | 28 FPS |
Score | 9524 | 4612 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A15 Bionic Chip and Mediatek Dimensity 1300Display
Max On-Device Display | - | FHD+ @168 Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | - | HDR, HDR10 |
Color Depth | - | - |
Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
85%
Apple A1579%
Dimensity 1300
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 6 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3230 MHz | 3000 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 32 MB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
Process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | 15 Billion | 12 Billion |
TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple GPU | Mali-G77 MC9 |
Architecture | - | Valhall |
GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 850 MHz |
Execution units | 5 | 9 |
Shading units | 640 | 144 |
FLOPS | - | - |
Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 4266 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit Bit |
Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
Max size | 6 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Modem | - | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 21 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | September 2021 | March 2022 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | APL1W07 | MT6893Z |
Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Dimensity 1300 official site |