MediaTek Dimensity 8000 vs Apple A11 Bionic. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek Dimensity 8000 Apple A11
• Family
  Mediatek Dimensity Apple A series
• Generation
  3 11
• Predecessor
  - Apple A10 Fusion
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A12 Bionic

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

• A-Core
  4x Cortex-A78 2x Monsoon
• A-Core Frequency
  2.00 GHz (2.75 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Cortex-A55 4x Mistral
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 1.42 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 2.39 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 2.39 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
  6 3
• Generation
  Vallhall 3 8
• GPU Frequency
  - 1420 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-G610 MP6 Apple A11
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 2390 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 3 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q3/2017
• Shader
  0 0
• Technology
  4 nm 10 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A11 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 8000. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  4 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR4X-4266

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and Apple A11 Bionic 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)
  - 8 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek Dimensity 8000 and Apple A11 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A78 / Cortex-A55 A11
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 8 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2017
• Technology
  5 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None None