Dimensity 8200 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 8200 (Mali-G610 MP6) with the older 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 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
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
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8200
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Performs 2.3x better in floating-point computations
- Higher GPU frequency (~41%)
- Shows better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1413K vs 1240K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 428145 | 410975 |
| GPU | 233006 | 370837 |
| Memory | 267125 | 164151 |
| UX | 312545 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1240821 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [73 tests] | [69 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 172.8 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 108 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 140.4 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 86.2 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 118.4 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 14.7 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 34.4 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.63 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 28 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 6.16 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 2.93 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.19 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 10.3 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 955.6 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 15 tests | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 626 | - |
| Stability | 97% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 3765 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 1788 | 2854 |
| Stability | 99% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11474 | - |
| Video editing score | 5571 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 10859 | - |
| Photo editing score | 32165 | - |
| Writing score | 20448 | - |
| Phones tested | 11 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 8200
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-28 (Dianzigy) | AnTuTu 12 | 1376408 |
| π 2026-09-26 (Jopher Gayeta) | AnTuTu 12 | 1348905 |
| π 2026-09-24 -> Regenis0 | AnTuTu 12 | 1470608 |
| π 2026-09-19 (Jagannath Bhadra) | AnTuTu 12 | 1274406 |
| π 2026-09-12 -> chmak | AnTuTu 12 | 1394231 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-14 (Makkar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1191717 |
| π 2026-10-12 -> HotPower | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2155 / 5548 |
| π 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1127460 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2168 / 4988 |
| π 2026-09-23 -> HotPower | AnTuTu 11 | 1184759 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 8200 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.1 GHz β Cortex A78 3x 3 GHz β Cortex A78 4x 2 GHz β Cortex A55 |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3100 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G610 MP6 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 3rd gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 950 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 5 |
| Shading units | 64 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 384 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 729.6 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 580 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | - |
| 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 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC LC - FLAC - HE-AACv1 - HE-AACv2 - MP3 |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 21 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 4700 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | December 2022 | September 2021 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6896Z | APL1W07 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 8200 official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 8400 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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