Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Frequency
3230 MHz
3250 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
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L2 cache
0
1 MB
Process
5 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
15
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TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
—
6 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
Mali-G720 MP7
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
1300 MHz
Execution units
5
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Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
—
1.3
OpenCL version
—
3.2
DirectX version
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12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
68.2 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution
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1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 5170 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2021
May 2025
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1W07
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AI
NPU
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MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,290,037
1,675,507
Geekbench 6
2,333
1,617
Geekbench 6
5,741
6,406
FP32 (float)
1,712
2,329
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.