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44

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MediaTek Dimensity 8020

Dimensity 8020

85

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 8020 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8020 vs Apple A18 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 8020 29
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8020 24
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8020 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8020 44
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8020 Apple A18
CPU 169130 421143
GPU 238983 615010
Memory 130727 178670
UX 148460 345874
Total score 687300 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 55.38% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8020 (4040 vs 2600 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 8020 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8020 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 127.08% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8020 (1,561 K vs 687 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8020 826
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8020 3315
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

22%
Dimensity 8020
Stability 99%

Graphics test 13 FPS
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • 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 - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set - ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 4 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G77 MC9 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency - 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 9 -
  • Shading units 144 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 12 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 570 Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4700 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 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 8020

MediaTek Dimensity 8020
CPU
29%
GPU
24%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

Apple A18
CPU
82%
GPU
84%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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