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MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186) vs Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 29 %
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 30 %
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
8C / 8T · 2.05 GHz
511
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,745
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
8C / 8T · 2.05 GHz
1,447
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
4,777

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At a glance

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
FamilyMediatek Kompanio (9)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupMediaTek Kompanio 52x/800 (4)Apple A15 (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A76 / Cortex-A55A15
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A14 Bionic
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cortex-A76
0.77 - 2.05 GHz
2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Cortex-A55
0.50 - 2.00 GHz
4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
GPU nameARM Mali-G52 MP2Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.01 GHz1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 3220 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology16 nm5 nm
Release dateQ3/2020Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4X-3733 (14.9 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB6 GB
Memory channels41
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
TDP10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ4/2022Q3/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
8C / 8T · 0.77 - 2.05 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

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MediaTek Kompanio 520 (MT8186)
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