Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 820
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3460 MHz
2600 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache
256 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
4 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
8 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Mali-G57 MP5
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
5
5
Shading units
128
64
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
17.07 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 80MP, 2x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,441,069
489,218
Geekbench 6
2,627
847
Geekbench 6
6,838
2,494
FP32 (float)
1,789
416