MediaTek Dimensity 8550 vs Apple A18

Comparing the MediaTek Dimensity 8550 and Apple A18 across specs like CPU, GPU, Memory, Camera, Display, Multimedia, Connectivity and benchmarks to help you choose the best chipset for your needs.

MediaTek Dimensity 8550

Apple A18

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Summary

Release Date

May, 2026

Sep, 2024

CPU

Octa core

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

Hexa Core

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

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Apple A18 GPU

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

N/A	1,764,170 View Benchmark Details

Geekbench Score

N/A	3,278/7,995 View Benchmark Details

Phones Powered by These SoCs

Apple iPhone 16E (iPhone SE 4)

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

MediaTek Dimensity 8550 N/A

Apple A18 1,764,170

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CPU

N/A

449,863

GPU

N/A

712,145

Memory

N/A

231,053

N/A

371,109

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8550 N/A

Apple A18 3,278

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Geekbench Multi Core

MediaTek Dimensity 8550 N/A

Apple A18 7,995

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AnTuTu Score:

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General

SoC Brand

MediaTek

Apple

Title

MediaTek Dimensity 8550

Apple A18

Model No

MT6899

APL1V08

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

Hexa Core

CPU

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

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

N/A

Process Node

4 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

1 MB

8 MB

L3 Cache

6 MB

N/A

GPU

Mali-G720 MP8

Apple A18 GPU

GPU Clock speed

1.508 GHz

1.49 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

1024

640

FLOPS

3088.4 Gigaflops

1907 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.3

N/A

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

N/A

DirectX Version

12.0

N/A

AI

NPU

N/A	Neural Engine

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

3.75 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

60 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

8 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

NVMe

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

48 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

QHD+ @ 144 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

144 Hz

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X71 5G

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 5170 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

N/A	Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, g, n

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

Bluetooth Version

5.4

5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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