MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs Apple A12 Bionic

Comparisons   11-03-2021
   Well, which chip or processor is better? Detailed compare data of benchmarks MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs Apple A12 Bionic, speed examination of GPUs Apple A12 Bionic and Mali-G57 MC3.
   This performance comparison involves two processors: Dimensity 800U 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 technical characteristics, to make it easier to read, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint benchmarking in software tests like PassMark, Mozilla Kraken, 3DMark, Octane V2, Neocore, Vellamo, PCMark, AnTuTu, WebXPRT 3, Quadrant, Geekbench, GFXBench, even the gaming performance of chips in Mortal Kombat, Fortnite, PUBG, Call of Duty: Mobile, Real Racing 3, Minecraft Bedrock, Sniper 3D, Garena Free Fire - The Cobra etc.
   After looking at the data these benchmarks and videos, you already be able to figure out which SoCs is better to buy Dimensity 800U or A12 Bionic and which chip is better for gaming: Asphalt 9, Need for Speed No Limits, Madout2, CSR Racing 2.

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 800U

23%

A12 Bionic

30%

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

Dimensity 800U

76%

A12 Bionic

72%

Gaming performance
Which CPU is better for gaming

Dimensity 800U

22%

A12 Bionic

29%

Antutu v10, 9

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

	Dimensity 800U	A12 Bionic
Total score	329621	419987
CPU	92292	117593
GPU	125254	159589
MEM	52742	67188
UX	59341	75591

GeekBench 6, 5.2

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

	Dimensity 800U	A12 Bionic
Single-Core	738	900
Multi-Core	2510	2970

Comparison of specifications

CPU and Memory

	Dimensity 800U	A12 Bionic
Frequency	2400 MHz	2490 MHz
Cores	8	6
Bit	64	64
Lithography	7 nm	7 nm
Transistors count		6900 millions
Core configuration	4x2.4 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-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 3% better than Dimensity 800U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Dimensity 800U 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 MC3	Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Frequency	650 MHz	2500 MHz
GFloPS	512	586
# of Cores	3	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	30.3	27.4
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG Mobile)	42.6	54.2
Garena Free Fire - The Cobra	53.3	56.3
Call of Duty: Mobile	48.7	40.9
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5 Mobile)	35.3	45.3
Minecraft: Pocket Edition	59.7	74.5
Real Racing 3	66.6	84.5
Sniper 3D	101.3	107
Need for Speed No Limits	95.9	67.6
Mortal Kombat X	61.3	64.7
CSR Racing 2	58.6	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	20 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	2300 MBit/s.	1000 MBit/s.
Upload speed	1200 MBit/s.	350 MBit/s.
Navigation	BeiDou B1I, QZSS L1CA, Glonass L1OF, Galileo E1, GPS L1CA	Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, GPS
NFC support	Yes	Yes
5G support	Yes	No

Result:
The number of parameters for which MediaTek Dimensity 800U is better: 10
The number of parameters for which Apple A12 Bionic is better: 28
You need to know that you should not blindly trust the automatic comparison on the table. You can watch benchmark video from beginning to end of parallel comparison and hear what those who really appreciated the capabilities of both SoCs think, and also read the test results on the links under the article.

Dimensity 800U SoC - all data

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

• Dimensity 800U 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.