A16 Bionic chip Vs Dimensity 1080
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Dimensity 1080 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 A16 Bionic
- A16 Bionic chip has 33.08% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (3460 vs 2600 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 47.16% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 1080 (1398 vs 950 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 1080 (6400 vs 3200 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 1080 (4 vs 6 nm).
- A16 Bionic chip has 86.71% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 1080 (965 K vs 517 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 1080.
- A16 Bionic chip Support 89.63% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 1080 (51.2 vs 27 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 247110 | 143941 |
GPU | 408357 | 140125 |
Memory | 162944 | 96692 |
UX | 146541 | 136066 |
Total score | 964952 | 516824 |
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 | 243.5 Mpixels/s | - |
Face detection | 46.4 images/s | - |
Speech recognition | 141.8 words/s | - |
Machine learning | 117.1 images/s | - |
Camera shooting | 54.3 images/s | - |
HTML 5 | 5.9 Mnodes/s | - |
SQLite | 1430 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
76%
Apple A1618%
Dimensity 1080Score: 9862
Stability | 79% | 99% |
Graphics test | 59 FPS | 13 FPS |
Score | 9862 | 2287 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and Mediatek Dimensity 1080Display
Max On-Device Display | - | FHD+ @120Hz |
Max On-Display Resolution | - | 2520 x 1080 |
Max External Display | - | - |
HDR | - | HDR10+ |
Color Depth | - | - |
Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
92%
Apple A1669%
Dimensity 1080
Processor Speed (Frequency)
Architecture |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
Cores | 6 | 8 |
Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 2000 MHz |
Turbo Frequency | 3460 MHz | 2600 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.2-A |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
L3 cache | - | - |
Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
Transistor count | 16 Billion | 12 Billion |
TDP | 8 W | 10 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Mali-G68 MC4 |
Architecture | Apple GPU | Valhall 2 |
GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 950 MHz |
Execution units | 6 | 5 |
Shading units | 768 | 64 |
FLOPS | - | - |
Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 27 Gbit/s |
Max size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 3.0 |
Storage type | NVMe | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 |
Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2520 x 1080 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 200MP |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
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+ | AAC, 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. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | - |
Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced Date | September 2022 | October 2022 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | APL1W10 | MT6877V/TTZA |
Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Dimensity 1080 official site |