Dimensity 1200 vs A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (Mali-G77 MP9) with the older 6-core Apple A13 Bionic (Apple A13 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
  • 13% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2650 MHz)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~39%)
  • Performs 23% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 15%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 1101K vs 960K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A13 Bionic +15%
1101851
CPU 384772 296803
GPU 144433 301818
Memory 177452 149834
UX 254067 353396
Total score 960724 1101851
Samples [12 tests] [47 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A13 Bionic +53%
1749
Multi-Core Score
A13 Bionic +19%
3989
Asset compression 168.6 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 95.8 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 131.1 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 71.4 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 117.3 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.1 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 32.4 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.54 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 8 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A13 Bionic +203%
13902
Background blur 6.87 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 3.39 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.29 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.07 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 14.4 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 838.9 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 6 tests 8 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 442 -
Stability 96% -
Graphics test 3 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 2564
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 10 FPS
Section 1 - 12 FPS
Section 2 - 10 FPS
Section 3 - 7 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
A13 Bionic +53%
2001
Score 1311 2001
Stability 79% 70%
Graphics test 7 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9284 -
Video editing score 6385 -
Data manipulation score 10275 -
Photo editing score 25491 -
Writing score 14338 -
Phones tested 2 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 68 FPS
[Ultra]
57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[High]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Low]
60 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 71 FPS
[Ultra]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 88 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 51 FPS
[Ultra]
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Oppo Realme GT Neo
1080 x 2400
Apple iPhone 11 Pro
828 x 1792
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 GPU4546
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisGeekbench 6 CPU1112 / 3313
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-22 -> Kot_LuisAnTuTu 11960724
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-04 (ะ’ะฐั€ั„ะพะปะพะผะตะน ะ˜ะณะพั€ะตะฒะธั‡)AnTuTu 11773735
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Bavarik)AnTuTu 11961761
Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 GPU13778
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU1788 / 4241
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)AnTuTu 111115933
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Deni)AnTuTu 11824750
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-09-21 (ะ•ะฒะณะตะฝะธะน :))AnTuTu 111178640

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 1200 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A78
3x 2.6 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz โ€“ Cortex-A55
2x 2.65 GHz โ€“ Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz โ€“ Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3000 MHz 2650 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 32 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 320 KB 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 6 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4.3 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G77 MP9 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Valhall 1st gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 886 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 9 4
Shading units 32 64
Total shaders 288 256
FLOPS 510.3 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 3.0 Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 4.5 TOPS 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2688 x 1242
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP -
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Helio M70 -
4G support LTE Cat. 19 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4700 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced January 2021 September 2019
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6893 APL1W85
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site -
Successor - MediaTek Dimensity 9500 - Apple A19 Pro

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Unknown January 16, 2023 at 07:29 PM
A13 is clearly ahead of 1300 by a considerable margin. However, you can find dimensity 1300 on much cheaper phones. Also, it provides a good overall performance. I think it could have been a bit more stable, (cpu throttles at sometimes*). Still, its a great processor and a bang for the buck...
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