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Apple A5 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank ?
Apple A5
Rank ?
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 6 %
Apple A5
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A5
Apple A5 6 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
267
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz
4,679

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU groupApple A5/A5X (2)MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1)
ArchitectureA5Cortex-A715 / -A510
Technology32 nm4 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A9
1.00 GHz
1x Cortex-A715
3.35 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Cortex-A715
3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Cortex-A510
2.20 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)ARM Mali-G615 MP6
GPU frequency0.20 GHz1.40 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 326 /
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory
Technology32 nm4 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

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Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
AI hardwareMediatek APU
AI specificationsAPU 780
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
MemoryLPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A5MediaTek Dimensity 8300
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2011Q4/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz

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