Dimensity 800U Vs A17 Pro
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 800U vs A17 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.
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 A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 57.5% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (3780 vs 2400 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 64.47% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 800U (1398 vs 850 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 50.02% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 800U (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 57.14% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 800U (3 vs 7 nm).
- A17 Pro has 305.39% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 800U (1,632 K vs 402 K ).
- A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 800U.
- A17 Pro Support 199.94% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 800U (51.2 vs 17.07 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 113735 | 399992 |
| GPU | 104873 | 620081 |
| Memory | 67803 | 265579 |
| UX | 116075 | 346005 |
| Total score | 402486 | 1631657 |
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 | 105.3 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 15.5 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 33.8 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 28.6 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 14.4 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 2.08 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 534.9 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
12%
Dimensity 800U77%
A17 ProScore: 10002
| Stability | 99% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | 60 FPS |
| Score | 1604 | 10002 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Mediatek Dimensity 800U and Apple A17 ProDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | Full HD+ @ 120Hz | - |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 2520 x 1080 | - |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | HDR10+ | - |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
63%
Dimensity 800U100%
A17 Pro
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2020 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2400 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor count | - | 19 Billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G57 MC3 | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 850 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 6 |
| Shading units | 48 | 128 |
| FLOPS | - | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17.07 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 20MP | |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | 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. 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 2300 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | August 2020 | September 2023 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6853T | APL1V02 |
| Official page | Dimensity 800U official site | A17 Pro official site |
Mediatek Dimensity 800U
34.25
Review By TenzysTech
Apple A17 Pro
70
Review By TenzysTech
