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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple M1
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
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 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Mediatek Dimensity (38) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1) | Apple M1 (9) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A715 / -A510 | M1 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple M2 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 1x Cortex-A715 3.35 GHz |
4x Firestorm 0.60 - 3.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Cortex-A715 3.20 GHz |
4x Icestorm 0.60 - 2.06 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Cortex-A510 2.20 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | ARM Mali-G615 MP6 | Apple M1 (8 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 1.40 - 1.40 GHz | 0.39 - 1.30 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / | 128 / 1024 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Mediatek APU | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | APU 780 | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 18 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 20 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M1 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2020 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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