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Mediatek Dimensity 820

Dimensity 820

90

Points
Apple A18 Pro

Apple A18 Pro
Overview - Dimensity 820 Vs Apple A18 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 820 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 820 22
Apple A18 Pro 87
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 820 16
Apple A18 Pro 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 820 75
Apple A18 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 820 38
Apple A18 Pro 90
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 820 Apple A18 Pro
CPU 125662 475293
GPU 125708 719585
Memory 77949 259838
UX 106547 385136
Total score 435866 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 820 (1490 vs 900 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 820 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 57.14% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 820 (3 vs 7 nm).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 322.11% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 820 (1,840 K vs 436 K ).
  • Apple A18 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 820.
  • Apple A18 Pro Support 251.49% higher memory bandwidth than Dimensity 820 (60 vs 17.07 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 646
Apple A18 Pro 3342

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 820 2599
Apple A18 Pro 8147

Image compression

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Dimensity 820 142.3
Apple A18 Pro

Face detection

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Dimensity 820 22.4
Apple A18 Pro

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 820 41.2
Apple A18 Pro

Machine learning

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Dimensity 820 31.3
Apple A18 Pro

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 820 21.3
Apple A18 Pro

HTML 5

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Dimensity 820 2.94
Apple A18 Pro

SQLite

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Dimensity 820 759
Apple A18 Pro

3DMark

11%
Dimensity 820
Stability 98%

Graphics test 13 FPS
N/A
Apple A18 Pro
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 HDR, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

64%
Turbo Clock Speed

2600 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

100%
Base Frequency

4050 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A76
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
     2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9.2-A-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 7 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G57 MC5 Apple A18 Pro GPU
  • Architecture Valhall Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 900 MHz 1490 MHz
  • Execution units 5 -
  • Shading units 80 128
  • FLOPS - 2289 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 17.07 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 1x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.2 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 80MP, 2x 32MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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, 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 4700 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 2500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 211 Mbps 1500 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 820

Mediatek Dimensity 820
CPU
22%
GPU
16%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

Apple A18 Pro

Apple A18 Pro
CPU
87%
GPU
94%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in GPU Frequency between Dimensity 820 and Apple A18 Pro?

The processor with the higher GPU Frequency is: Apple A18 Pro with a 65.56% higher GPU clock speed (1490 MHz vs 900 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Dimensity 820 and Apple A18 Pro?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Apple A18 Pro with a 75.81% higher memory frequency (3750 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Dimensity 820 and Apple A18 Pro?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Apple A18 Pro with a 57.14% smaller transistor size (3 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Dimensity 820 and Apple A18 Pro?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Apple A18 Pro with a 322.11% better score (1839852 vs 435866).

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