Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

Based on benchmark performance, MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,217,003 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

Apr, 2026

CPU

Hexa Core

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

Octa core

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

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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2,217,003

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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1,759/7,054

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Score: 2,194,258

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Motorola Edge 70 Pro + 5G

Score: 2,217,003

₹47,920

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 8500 Extreme 2,217,003

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CPU

449,863

674,234

GPU

712,145

681,406

Memory

231,053

379,554

371,109

481,809

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 8500 Extreme 1,759

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme 7,054

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

MediaTek

Title

Apple A18

MediaTek Dimensity 8500 Extreme

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

8 MB

3.5 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

6 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.3 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

1024

FLOPS

1907 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

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

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, H.265, 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, ax 6GHz, b, g, n

Bluetooth Version

5.3

5.4

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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