A15 Bionic Chip Vs Dimensity 700
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A15 Bionic Chip vs Dimensity 700 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 46.82% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 700 (3230 vs 2200 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 26.32% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 700 (1200 vs 950 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 700 (4266 vs 2133 MHz).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 700 (5 vs 7 nm).
- A15 Bionic Chip has 140.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 700 (809 K vs 337 K).
- A15 Bionic Chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 700.
- A15 Bionic Chip Support 99.77% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 700 (34.1 vs 17.07 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 209204 | 98632 |
GPU | 351594 | 71777 |
Memory | 118044 | 72555 |
UX | 130276 | 93594 |
Total score | 809118 | 336558 |
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 | 101.85 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 43.1 images/s | 15 images/s |
Speech recognition | 136.1 words/s | 32.9 words/s |
Machine learning | 104.9 images/s | 27.9 images/s |
Camera shooting | 49.3 images/s | 14.55 images/s |
HTML 5 | 5.64 Mnodes/s | 2.1 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 1270 Mnodes/s | 543.4 Mnodes/s |
3DMark
73%
Apple A158%
Mediatek 700Score: 9524
Stability | 82% | 99% |
Graphics test | 56 FPS | 6 FPS |
Score | 9524 | 1097 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A15 Bionic Chip and Mediatek Dimensity 700Display
Max On-Device Display | - | FHD+ @ 90Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | QHD @ 60Hz |
HDR | - | HDR10 |
Color Depth | - | Up to 10-bit |
Color Gamut | - | Rec2020 |
CPU
85%
Apple A1558%
Mediatek 700
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 6 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3230 MHz | 2200 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | 256 KB | - |
L2 cache | 32 MB | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 5 nm | 7 nm |
Transistor count | 15 Billion | - |
TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple GPU | Mali-G57 MC2 |
Architecture | - | Valhall |
GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 950 MHz |
Execution units | 5 | 2 |
Shading units | 640 | 32 |
FLOPS | - | 243 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2 x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 17.07 Gbit/s |
Max size | 6 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Yes |
Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.2 |
Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
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. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 2770 Mbps |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 500 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
Announced Date | September 2021 | November 2020 |
Class | Flagship | Mid-range |
Model number | APL1W07 | MT6833V/ZA |
Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Dimensity 700 official site |