Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8450 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,141,052 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8450 the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

May, 2025

CPU

Hexa Core

(4.05 GHz, Dual Core + 2.42 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.25 GHz, Single Core + 3 GHz, Tri core + 2.1 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G720 MC7

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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2,141,052

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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1,647/6,458

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Apple A18 1,764,170

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MediaTek Dimensity 8450 2,141,052

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CPU

449,863

692,152

GPU

712,145

656,029

Memory

231,053

275,727

371,109

517,144

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A18 3,278

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MediaTek Dimensity 8450 1,647

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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MediaTek Dimensity 8450 6,458

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

MediaTek

Title

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

Model No

APL1V08

N/A

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (4.05 GHz, Dual Core, Everest + 2.42 GHz, Quad core, Sawtooth)

Octa core (3.25 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A725 + 3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A725 + 2.1 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

8 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

6 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G720 MC7

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

896

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

2329.6 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

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

4.266 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

68.2 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A

MP4

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

QHD+

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

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

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X71 5G

N/A

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 5170 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

a, ac, ax, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.3

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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