A16 Bionic chip Vs Dimensity 8020
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Dimensity 8020 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.
The following details of MediaTek Dimensity 8020 are based in part on hearings and leaks. As we acquire more precise information, we will update this page.
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 8020 (3460 vs 2600 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 200.05% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 8020 (6400 vs 2133 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 33.33% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8020 (4 vs 6 nm).
- A16 Bionic chip has 15.00% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8020 (965 K vs 839 K).
- A16 Bionic chip has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8020.
- A16 Bionic chip Support 50.15% higher memory bandwidth then Dimensity 8020 (51.2 vs 34.1 MHz).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 247110 | 209378 |
| GPU | 408357 | 337864 |
| Memory | 162944 | 127383 |
| UX | 146541 | 164471 |
| Total score | 964952 | 839096 |
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 A1633%
Dimensity 8020Score: 9862
| Stability | 79% | 99% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Score | 9862 | 4236 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8020Display
| Max On-Device Display | - | Full HD+ @144 Hz, QHD+ @90 Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | HDR10+ |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
100%
Apple A1675%
Dimensity 8020
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3460 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | - |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 4 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor count | 16 Billion | - |
| TDP | 8 W | 4 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Mali-G77 MC9 |
| Architecture | - | Valhall |
| GPU frequency | - | - |
| Execution units | 6 | 9 |
| Shading units | 768 | 144 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 570 |
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 108MP |
| 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, 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. 21 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 4700 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | September 2022 | April 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W10 | - |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Dimensity 8020 official site |
Apple A16 Bionic
89.25
Review By TenzysTech
MediaTek Dimensity 8020
47.5
Review By TenzysTech
