MediaTek Dimensity 700 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Comparisons 11-03-2021

Well, which chip or processor is better? Comprehensive compare data of benchmarks MediaTek Dimensity 700 vs Apple A12 Bionic, speed testing of GPUs Mali-G57 MC2 and Apple A12 Bionic.

This performance comparison includes two processors: Dimensity 700 is octa-core (ARM Cortex-A76) and A12 Bionic is gexa-core (Vortex). Both processors went through battery life test and power consumption test. A step-by-step analysis of all the specifications of the chipsets, to make it easier to understand, is summarized in the table.

From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel benchmarking in synthetic type tests such as Vellamo, GFXBench, Quadrant, GeekBench 6, 5, WebXPRT 3, Neocore, AnTuTu, Octane V2, PassMark, Mozilla Kraken, PCMark, 3DMark, and how good the SoCs are in games Mortal Kombat, PUBG, Minecraft Bedrock, Sniper 3D, Fortnite, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra, Call of Duty: Mobile, Real Racing 3 etc.

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which chip is better to buy Dimensity 700 or A12 Bionic and which chip is better for gaming: Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, CSR Racing 2, Asphalt 9.

Summary benchmark results

As 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

Dimensity 700

20%

A12 Bionic

30%

Battery life test
Power Consumption efficiency (how quickly the processor reduces the battery charge)

Dimensity 700

76%

A12 Bionic

72%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Dimensity 700

19%

A12 Bionic

29%

Antutu v10, 9

Antutu benchmark separately tests the performance of the CPU, GPU, and memory speed

	Dimensity 700	A12 Bionic
Total score	285883	419987
CPU	80048	117593
GPU	108632	159589
MEM	45749	67188
UX	51452	75591

GeekBench 6, 5.2

This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Dimensity 700	A12 Bionic
Single-Core	640	900
Multi-Core	2177	2970

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Dimensity 700	A12 Bionic
Frequency	2200 MHz	2490 MHz
Cores	8	6
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count		6900 millions
Core configuration	4x2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A76 4x2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55	2x2.49GHz Vortex 4x1.6 GHz Tempest
Power consumption (TDP)	10 W	6 W
Memory type	LPDDR4x	LPDDR4X
Max. Memory	12 Gb	12 Gb
Memory Frequency	2133	2133
Memory bandwidth	17.07	34.1
Neural Processor (NPU)	Yes	Yes
L1 cache		128 KB
L2 cache		8 MB
L3 cache
Instruction set architecture (ISA)	ARMv8.2-A	ARMv8.3-A

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here A12 Bionic is 11% better than Dimensity 700 in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Dimensity 700 has -2 more core than A12 Bionic. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption.

GPU and Media

GPU	Mali-G57 MC2	Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Frequency	950 MHz	2500 MHz
GFloPS	486	586
# of Cores	2	4
# of Shader Units
Display	2520 x 1080 pixels	2688 x 1242 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	26.8	27.4
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	46.4	54.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	45.5	56.3
Call of Duty: Mobile	38.9	40.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	36.1	45.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	59.9	74.5
Real Racing 3	56.9	84.5
Sniper 3D	100.1	107
Need for Speed No Limits	63.7	67.6
Mortal Kombat X	72.8	64.7
CSR Racing 2	50.1	78.8

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 v10, 9 and GeekBench 6, 5.2 becnmarks.

Cameras

Camera resolution	64 MP	12 MP
Dual Camera resolution	16 MP	12 MP
Image Signal Processor (ISP)		Apple ISP
Video Encoding FPS	240	960
Video Encoding resolution	4K, 2K, FullHD	4K (Ultra HD), 2K, FullHD
Codec support	H.264, H.265/HEVC	Dolby Vision, H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9

Networks and Navigation

Modem	5G Multi-Mode	Intel XMM 7560 LTE
Download speed	2770 MBit/s.	1000 MBit/s.
Upload speed	500 MBit/s.	350 MBit/s.
Navigation	QZSS L1CA, Glonass L1OF, BeiDou B1I, Galileo E1, GPS L1CA	Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS
NFC support	No	Yes
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which MediaTek Dimensity 700 is better: 8
The number of parameters for which Apple A12 Bionic is better: 31
Please note that you do not need to blindly trust the software comparison of the table. It is better to just watch the full benchmark video of joint testing and hear what people say who really appreciated the capabilities of both SoCs Dimensity 700 and A12 Bionic, as well as read the test results at the links below.

Dimensity 700 SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10
• 3DMark

• Dimensity 700 specs and review.

A12 Bionic SoC - all data

• Devices lists
• Benchmarks
• PUBG mobile
• Fortnite Mobile
• 3DMark
• GeekBench 6, 5 mobile
• Antutu v10

• A12 Bionic specs and review.