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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple M5
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
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| Family | Mediatek Dimensity (38) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | MediaTek Dimensity 8300 (1) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Cortex-A715 / -A510 | M5 |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M4 | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 9 / 9 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 1x Cortex-A715 3.35 GHz |
3x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Cortex-A715 3.20 GHz |
6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Cortex-A510 2.20 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 28.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
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| GPU name | ARM Mali-G615 MP6 | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 1.40 - 1.40 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
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| AI hardware | Mediatek APU | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | APU 780 | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
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| Memory | LPDDR5X-8533 (68.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
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| TDP | 17 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300 | Apple M5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M4 (8-CPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M5
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MediaTek Dimensity 8300
8C / 8T · 0.00 GHz
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