Dimensity 7500 vs Apple A19

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 7500 (Mali-G625 MP2) with the older 6-core Apple A19 (Apple A19 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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 7500
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A19
  • Supports 166% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score – 2156K vs 1099K
  • 64% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 2600 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
1099769
Apple A19 +96%
2156126
CPU 440383 598735
GPU 107548 803562
Memory 217000 200566
UX 334838 553263
Total score 1099769 2156126
Samples Less than 3 [23 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Apple A19 +239%
3692
Multi-Core Score
Apple A19 +189%
9454
Asset compression - 313.7 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 220.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 210.4 Mpixels/sec
Image detection - 305.8 images/sec
HDR - 311.5 Mpixels/sec
Background blur - 39.9 images/sec
Photo processing - 102.1 images/sec
Ray tracing - 9.89 Mpixels/sec
Samples Less than 3 9 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Apple A19 +857%
37553
Background blur - 79.6 images/sec
Face detection - 90.4 images/sec
Horizon detection - 1.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection - 1.34 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur - 3.16 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching - 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching - 90.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics - 3104.2 FPS
API - Metal
Samples Less than 3 10 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score - 2147
Stability - 72%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 9465
Graphics test - 36 FPS
Section 1 - 40 FPS
Section 2 - 36 FPS
Section 3 - 31 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Dimensity 7500
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Hindu)AnTuTu 111107676
Apple A19
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Shovandeep)AnTuTu 111837059
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-14 (kpvas)AnTuTu 112134388
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn)AnTuTu 112243285
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (Aarav)AnTuTu 111776737
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-06 (yuki)AnTuTu 112352837

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 7500 and Apple A19

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.6 GHz – C1 Pro
4x 2 GHz – C1 Nano
2x 4.26 GHz –
4x 2.6 GHz –
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2600 MHz 4260 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.3-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache - 192 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G625 MP2 Apple A19 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple A GPU
GPU frequency - 1620 MHz
Pipelines 2 5
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 256 640
FLOPS - 2073.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.4 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 850 Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 12 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 -
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem - Snapdragon X80
4G support - LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5200 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed - Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Bluetooth 5.4 6.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced May 2026 September 2025
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6881 APL1V13
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 7500 official site -

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