Dimensity 8300 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (Mali-G615 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 8300
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Performs 26% better in floating-point computations
- Better instruction set architecture
- Shows better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1604K vs 1413K
- Higher GPU frequency (~5%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 482670 | 410975 |
| GPU | 432750 | 370837 |
| Memory | 299238 | 164151 |
| UX | 389647 | 467312 |
| Total score | 1604305 | 1413275 |
| Samples | [103 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 | 174.4 MB/sec | 208.1 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 128.6 pages/sec | 122.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 146.7 Mpixels/sec | 139.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 93.5 images/sec | 125.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 136.1 Mpixels/sec | 179.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 12.2 images/sec | 22.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 37.6 images/sec | 53.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.97 Mpixels/sec | 6.26 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 50 tests | 37 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 16.5 images/sec | 35.4 images/sec |
| Face detection | 9.4 images/sec | 44.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.43 Gpixels/sec | 0.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.63 Gpixels/sec | 0.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.46 Gpixels/sec | 0.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.13 Gpixels/sec | 0.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 16.7 Gpixels/sec | 71.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 1671.3 FPS | 2198.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 27 tests | 19 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 881 | - |
| Stability | 77% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 3688 | 3765 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | 16 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | 14 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | 12 FPS | 9 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 2768 | 2854 |
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | 16 FPS | 17 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14649 | - |
| Video editing score | 6419 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 12555 | - |
| Photo editing score | 23328 | - |
| Writing score | 18403 | - |
| Phones tested | 2 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 -> rajeshwarshah-Oct2 | AnTuTu 11 | 1450232 |
| π 2026-10-04 (Putrz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1440126 |
| π 2026-10-02 -> uravinq | AnTuTu 12 | 1745585 |
| π 2026-10-01 (Michael Cheng) | AnTuTu 12 | 1933824 |
| π 2026-09-28 (MΓΌller) | AnTuTu 12 | 1893547 |
Apple A15 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| π 2026-09-19 -> HotPower | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21284 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 8300 and A15 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.35 GHz β Cortex-A715 3x 3.2 GHz β Cortex-A715 4x 2.2 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.23 GHz β Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz β Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3350 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-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-G615 MP6 | Apple A15 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 4rd gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1400 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2150.4 Gigaflops | 1712.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek APU 780 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | 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
| Modem | MediaTek T800 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 5170 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2023 | September 2021 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6897 | APL1W07 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 official site | - |
| Successor | - MediaTek Dimensity 8400 | - Apple A19 Pro |
Further details
Notes on Dimensity 8300:
- Dimensity 8300 Ultra is identical to the Dimensity 8300 (without "Ultra") regarding technical specifications and performance.
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