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Apple M3 (8-GPU) vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
AI performance (NPU)
Apple M3 (8-GPU)
100 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Mediatek Dimensity (38) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | MediaTek Dimensity 10xx (2) |
| Architecture | M3 | Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M2 (8-GPU) | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
2x Cortex-A78 2.60 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
6x Cortex-A55 2.00 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 (8 Core) | ARM Mali-G68 MP4 |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 128 / 1024 | 4 / 64 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | 6 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q2/2020 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Mediatek APU 3.0 |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | MediaTek APU 3.0 @ 4.5 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
|
Wischen
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
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Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 22 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple M3 (8-GPU) | MediaTek Dimensity 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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