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MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 50 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 36 %
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz
1,121
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
2,397
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz
3,521
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
10,412
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz
941
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
1,768
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz
3,765
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
9,996

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
FamilyMediatek Dimensity (38)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupMediaTek Dimensity 8000 (4)Apple M1 (9)
ArchitectureCortex-A78 / Cortex-A55M1
Technology5 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A78
2.85 GHz
6x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A55
2.00 GHz
2x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache24.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
GPU nameARM Mali-G610 MP6Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 224 / 1792
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology4 nm5 nm
Release dateQ2/2021Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
TDP35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Dimensity 8100Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidmacOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ1/2022Q3/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Dimensity 8100
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

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MediaTek Dimensity 8100
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