Overview - Dimensity 7020 Vs Apple A18 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 7020 vs Apple A18 Pro 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 7020 25
Apple A18 Pro 87
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 7020 16
Apple A18 Pro 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 7020 79
Apple A18 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 7020 40
Apple A18 Pro 90
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 7020 Apple A18 Pro
CPU 152839 475293
GPU 81155 719585
Memory 118550 259838
UX 124104 385136
Total score 476648 1839852
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18 Pro

  • Apple A18 Pro has 65.56% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 7020 (1490 vs 900 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 17.19% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 7020 (3750 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 7020 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 286.00% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 7020 (1,840 K vs 477 K ).
  • Apple A18 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 7020.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 7020 897
Apple A18 Pro 3342

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 7020 2282
Apple A18 Pro 8147

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+@120Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

54%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

100%
Base Frequency

4050 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name IMG BXM-8-256 Apple A18 Pro GPU
  • Architecture PowerVR IMG GPU Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 1490 MHz
  • Execution units 8 -
  • Shading units 18 128
  • FLOPS 259.2 Gigaflops 2289 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 -
  • OpenCL version 3.0 -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 60 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 (Dual lane) NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 2770 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 1250 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - 1500 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 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 7020

CPU
25%
GPU
16%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18 Pro

CPU
87%
GPU
94%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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