Dimensity 920 vs A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 920 (Mali-G68 MP4) 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 920
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 47%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 750K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~29%)
  • 6% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2500 MHz)
  • 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
750481
A13 Bionic +47%
1101851
CPU 290440 296803
GPU 78028 301818
Memory 150165 149834
UX 231848 353396
Total score 750481 1101851
Samples [10 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 +87%
1749
Multi-Core Score
A13 Bionic +72%
3989
Asset compression 117.7 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 61.4 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 78.8 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 43.5 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 72.3 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 6.73 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 20.2 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.25 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A13 Bionic +513%
13902
Background blur 2.95 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 1.44 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.8 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 385.1 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 4 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 232 -
Graphics test 2 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 +216%
2001
Score 633 2001
Stability 98% 70%
Graphics test 3 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10805 -
Video editing score 6810 -
Data manipulation score 8454 -
Photo editing score 34185 -
Writing score 16317 -
Phones tested 2 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 64 FPS
[Ultra]
57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[High]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]
60 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 68 FPS
[Medium]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 46 FPS
[Medium]
59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 53 FPS
[Ultra]
60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Oppo Realme 9 Pro Plus
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 920
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Hard)AnTuTu 11767408
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)Geekbench 6 GPU2269
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)Geekbench 6 CPU936 / 2318
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)AnTuTu 11745837
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Anerierisa)AnTuTu 11750481
Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 GPU13778
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU1788 / 4241
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)AnTuTu 111115933
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Deni)AnTuTu 11824750
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Π•Π²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :))AnTuTu 111178640

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2500 MHz 2650 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 6 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 10 billion 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 950 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 4 4
Shading units 32 64
Total shaders 128 256
FLOPS 243.2 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 5 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 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2688 x 1242
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2770 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1250 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 August 2021 September 2019
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6877T APL1W85
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 920 official site -
Successor - MediaTek Dimensity 7050 - Apple A19 Pro

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