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Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18 Pro
Rank 2 - 42 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18 Pro
Rank 2 - 55 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A18 Pro
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,409
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
1,442
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A18 Pro
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,492
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
4,679

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple A18 (2)MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1)
ArchitectureDonanCortex-A715 / -A510
Technology3 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A17 Pro
SuccessorApple A19 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
1x Cortex-A715
3.35 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
3x Cortex-A715
3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A510
2.20 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
GPU nameApple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores)ARM Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.68 GHz1.40 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 7686 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology3 nm4 nm
Release dateQ3/2024Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineMediatek APU
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPSAPU 780
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
TDP12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A18 ProMediaTek Dimensity 8300
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv9-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2024Q4/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A18 Pro
Apple A18 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz

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