Comparisons 11-03-2021
Well, which processor or chip is better? Comprehensive comparison data of benchmarks Apple A12Z Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus, speed examination of GPUs Mali-G77 MC9 and Apple A12Z Bionic.
This performance comparison involves two processors: A12Z Bionic is octa-core (Vortex) and Dimensity 1000 Plus is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A77). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A thorough review of all the technical characteristics of the SoCs, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.
From the video comparison, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as PassMark, Geekbench, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, GFXBench, Octane V2, WebXPRT 3, Quadrant, Vellamo, AnTuTu 8, Neocore, PCMark, even the gaming performance of SoCs in Sniper 3D, Call of Duty: Mobile, Mortal Kombat, Minecraft Bedrock, Fortnite, PUBG, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Real Racing 3 etc.
After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you can already make an briefed decision about which chipset is better to buy A12Z Bionic or Dimensity 1000 Plus and which chip is better for gaming: CSR Racing 2, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, Asphalt 9.
Summary benchmark resultsAs a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
CPU Benchmark
Based on Antutu and Geekbench score| A12Z Bionic | 99% |
Dimensity 1000 Plus | 90% |
Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)| A12Z Bionic | 99% |
Dimensity 1000 Plus | 69% |
Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming| A12Z Bionic | 95% |
Dimensity 1000 Plus | 84% |
Antutu 8Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed | A12Z Bionic |
Dimensity 1000 Plus | | Total score | 729707 | 502425 | | CPU | 179367 | 163368 | | GPU | 371998 | 139627 | | MEM | 95242 | 106600 | | UX | 75217 | 93142 |
GeekBench 5.2This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance | A12Z Bionic |
Dimensity 1000 Plus | | Single-Core | 1332 | 1069 | | Multi-Core | 4661 | 3316 |
Comparison of specifications
CPU and Memory | A12Z Bionic |
Dimensity 1000 Plus | | Frequency | 2490 MHz | 2600 MHz | | Cores | 8 | 8 | | Bit | 64 | 64 | | Lithography | 7 nm | 7 nm | | Transistors count | 10000 millions | | | Core configuration | 4x2.49GHz Vortex
4x1.6 GHz Tempest | 4x2.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A77
4x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 | | Power consumption (TDP) | 6 W | 10 W | | Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4x | | Max. Memory | 16 Gb | 16 Gb | | Memory Frequency | 2133 | 2133 | | Memory bandwidth | 42 | 29.87 | | Neural Processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes | | L1 cache | 48 KB | | | L2 cache | 4 MB | | | L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | | Instruction set architecture (ISA) | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.3-A |
In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Dimensity 1000 Plus is 4% better than A12Z Bionic in terms of CPU frequency. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.
GPU and Media| GPU | Apple A12Z Bionic | Mali-G77 MC9 | | GPU Frequency | 2500 MHz | 800 MHz | | GFloPS | 1486 | 504 | | # of Cores | 8 | 9 | | # of Shader Units | | | | Display | 2732 x 2048 pixels | 2520 x 1080 pixels |
The frequency of the GPU does not always directly indicate its performance. To fully evaluate all the capabilities of a graphics chip, you should take into account the number of Shader Units and Cores, as well as how many GFlops it has.
Gaming benchmark| Fortnite Mobile | 28.8 | 30.1 | | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile) | 86.5 | 44.7 | | Garena Free Fire - The Cobra | 52.4 | 57.7 | | Call of Duty: Mobile | 48.4 | 54.6 | | Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile) | 74.9 | 36.4 | | Minecraft: Pocket Edition | 107.7 | 57.3 | | Real Racing 3 | 104.8 | 115.4 | | Sniper 3D | 115.3 | 109.6 | | Need for Speed No Limits | 62.9 | 80.8 | | Mortal Kombat X | 83.8 | 92.3 | | CSR Racing 2 | 68.1 | 69.2 |
The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the gadget and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Antutu 8 and GeekBench 5.2 becnmarks.
Cameras| Camera resolution | 12 MP | 80 MP | | Dual Camera resolution | 12 MP | 32 MP | | Image Signal Processor (ISP) | Apple ISP | | | Video Encoding FPS | 960 | 240 | | Video Encoding resolution | 4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD | 4K, 2K, FullHD | | Codec support | Dolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265/HEVC |
Networks and Navigation| Modem | Intel XMM 7560 LTE | Sub 6GHz 5G Multi-Mode | | Download speed | 1000 MBit/s. | 4700 MBit/s. | | Upload speed | 350 MBit/s. | 2500 MBit/s. | | Navigation | Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, Galileo, Glonass, Beidou | | NFC support | Yes | No | | 5G support | Yes | No |
Result:
The number of parameters for which Apple A12Z Bionic is better: 22
The number of parameters for which MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus is better: 16
You need to understand that you should not sightlessly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of joint comparison and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both processors think, as well as read the test results at the links below.
• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• Antutu 8
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 5 mobile
CPU Versus Battle
• Apple M1 Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 895 Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Pro Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Snapdragon 875 Vs A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G Vs Apple A12Z Bionic
• Vs HiSilicon Kirin 9000
• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 5 mobile
• Antutu 8
CPU Versus Battle
• Apple M1 Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 895 Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Pro Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Snapdragon 875 Vs Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
• HiSilicon Kirin 9000 Vs MediaTek Dimensity 1000 Plus
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