MediaTek Dimensity 1300 vs Apple A12X Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Apple A series
• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 1100/1200/1300 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 12
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A10X Fusion

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• 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.

• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G77 MP9 Apple A12X
• GPU frequency
  0.85 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  9 7
• Shader
  144 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 6 GB
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Generation
  Vallhall 1 9
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q3/2018

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A12X Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 1300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 (Quad Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 1300 and Apple A12X Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 1300 and MediaTek Dimensity 1300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  6 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  -- N/A
• L2-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 A12
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2018
• Part Number
  MT6893Z/CZA --