Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8000. Specifications

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple M1 MediaTek Dimensity 8000
• Family
  Apple M series Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  16x Firestorm 4x Cortex-A78
• A-Core Frequency
  3.2 GHz 2.00 GHz (2.75 GHz)
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm 4x Cortex-A55
• B-Core Frequency
  2.06 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  20 8
• CPU Threads
  20 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  768 6
• Generation
  1 Vallhall 3
• GPU Frequency
  1300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core) ARM Mali-G610 MP6
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2021
• Shader
  6144 0
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB -
• Memory Bandwidth
  819.2 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  4.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) and MediaTek Dimensity 8000 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  60 W -
• TDP up
  120 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) and MediaTek Dimensity 8000, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation -
• L2-Cache
  52.00 MB -
• Operating systems
  macOS Android
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022
• Technology
  5 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework None