Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,136,906 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A16 Bionic's 1,302,867 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra the more powerful processor.

Apple A16 Bionic

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2022

Mar, 2026

CPU

Hexa Core

(3.46 GHz, Dual Core + 2.02 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.4 GHz, Single Core + 3.2 GHz, Tri core + 2.2 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

4 nm

GPU

Apple A16 GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,302,867

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2,136,906

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Geekbench Score

2,398/5,285

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1,725/6,860

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Apple A16 Bionic 1,302,867

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 2,136,906

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CPU

322,518

618,996

GPU

353,283

648,976

Memory

310,155

390,041

316,911

478,893

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A16 Bionic 2,398

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 1,725

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A16 Bionic 5,285

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra 6,860

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

MediaTek

Title

Apple A16 Bionic

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Ultra

Model No

APL1W10

N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (3.46 GHz, Dual Core, Everest + 2.02 GHz, Quad core, Sawtooth)

Octa core (3.4 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Process Node

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.6-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

256 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

16 MB

3.5 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

6 MB

GPU

Apple A16 GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

1.398 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

1024

FLOPS

1789.4 Gigaflops

2662.4 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.3

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A

12.0

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

MediaTek NPU

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.2 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

51.2 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

6 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

AAC-LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ax, b, g, n, n 5GHz

a, ac, ax, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.3

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, QZSS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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