MediaTek Dimensity 8450 vs Apple A15 Bionic
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3250MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8450 vs. 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 8450 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.3296 TFLOPS vs 1.7126 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (68.2GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3250MHz vs 3230MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)
Released 3 years and 8 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
+29%
1675507
Apple A15 Bionic
1290037
FP32 (float)
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
+36%
2329
Apple A15 Bionic
1712
CPU
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
3250 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
8
Cores
6
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
1 MB
L2 cache
12 MB
6 MB
L3 cache
-
4 nm
Process
5 nm
-
Transistor count
15
-
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G720 MP7
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
1300 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
Execution units
5
128
Shading units
128
24
Max size
6
2.3296 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3.2
OpenCL version
-
12
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
68.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
MediaTek NPU 880
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max camera resolution
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 5170 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
6.0
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
May 2025
Announced
Sep 2021
Mid range
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1W07
