Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A14 MediaTek Dimensity 10xx
• Family
  Apple A series Mediatek Dimensity
• Generation
  14 2
• Predecessor
  Apple A13 Bionic -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A15 Bionic -

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

• A-Core
  2x Firestorm 2x Cortex-A78
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm 6x Cortex-A55
• Base Frequency
  3 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 2.6 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2 GHz

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
  4 4
• Generation
  11 Vallhall 2
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple A14 ARM Mali-G68 MP4
• GPU Turbo
  3010 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q2/2020
• Shader
  0 64
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode 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 / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1080 and Apple A14 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  6 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 0
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4XLPDDR5

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A14 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 1080 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)
  7 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A14 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 1080, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  4 MB -
• Part Number
  - MT6877V/TTZA
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q4/2022
• Technology
  5 nm 6 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Android