Dimensity 1200 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (Mali-G77 MC9) with the older 6-core Apple A13 Bionic (Apple A13 Bionic GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 1200
- Has 2 more cores
- Announced 1-year and 5-months later
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
- 13% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2660 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 9 score – 675K vs 620K
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 168286 | 161025 |
| GPU | 245096 | 259620 |
| Memory | 120382 | 82902 |
| UX | 140469 | 110973 |
| Total score | 675428 | 620190 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 171.75 Mpixels/s | 151.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 32.25 images/s | 29.65 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 51.5 words/s | 87.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | 51.65 images/s | 72.5 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 27.35 images/s | 33.75 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 3.76 Mnodes/s | 3.81 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 931.9 Krows/s | 901.1 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 92% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 45 FPS |
| Score | 4196 | 7572 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 68 FPS [Ultra] |
57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [High] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Low] |
60 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 71 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 88 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Oppo Realme GT Neo 1080 x 2400 |
Apple iPhone 11 Pro 828 x 1792 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 1200 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A78 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.66 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2660 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | - | 832 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 12 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8.5 billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G77 MC9 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall | - |
| GPU frequency | 886 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 9 | 4 |
| Shading units | 144 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 736 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Yes, Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 19 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1600 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 220 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | January 2021 | September 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MT6893 | - |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site | - |
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