Dimensity 8450 vs A16 Bionic
We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 8450 (Mali-G720 MP7) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 8450
- Has 2 more cores
- Performs 30% better in floating-point computations
- Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (68.2 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 24%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2016K vs 1626K
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3250 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~8%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 656057 | 432740 |
| GPU | 641242 | 490354 |
| Memory | 256365 | 216774 |
| UX | 462908 | 486140 |
| Total score | 2016572 | 1626008 |
| Samples | [25 tests] | [36 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 281.1 MB/sec | 234.4 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 197.4 pages/sec | 155.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 233.6 Mpixels/sec | 157.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 138.6 images/sec | 149.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 200.8 Mpixels/sec | 202.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 24 images/sec | 25.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 55.9 images/sec | 76.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.2 Mpixels/sec | 6.74 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | 24 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 21.1 images/sec | 39.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 11.2 images/sec | 50.9 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.52 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.69 Gpixels/sec | 1.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.64 Gpixels/sec | 1.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.17 Gpixels/sec | 0.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 36.7 Gpixels/sec | 70.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 1728.6 FPS | 2162.5 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 5 tests | 12 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1467 | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 6549 | 4266 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 1 | 27 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 25 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 3 | 22 FPS | 12 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 3335 |
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 24385 | - |
| Video editing score | 7667 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 11708 | - |
| Photo editing score | 37896 | - |
| Writing score | 22929 | - |
| Phones tested | 2 models | - |
Recent User Tests
MediaTek Dimensity 8450
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-19 -> AndroSid | Geekbench 6 GPU | 12587 |
| π 2026-08-19 -> AndroSid | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1612 / 6210 |
| π 2026-08-14 -> AndroSid | CPU Throttle | 90% |
| π 2026-08-14 -> AndroSid | AnTuTu 11 | 2016976 |
| π 2026-07-10 (Sinif2011) | AnTuTu 11 | 2057699 |
Apple A16 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-21 (ΠΡΠΎΠΌΠ½Π°Ρ Π±ΠΎΠΌΠ±Π°) | AnTuTu 11 | 1772840 |
| π 2026-09-19 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1714105 |
| π 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603687 |
| π 2026-08-31 (LORDroid) | AnTuTu 11 | 1445126 |
| π 2026-08-16 (Ronaldo) | AnTuTu 11 | 1626008 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 8450 and A16 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.25 GHz β Cortex-A725 3x 3 GHz β Cortex-A725 4x 2.1 GHz β Cortex-A725 |
2x 3.46 GHz β Everest 4x 2.02 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3250 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.6-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G720 MP7 | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | 5th gen | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 7 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 896 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2329.6 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 880 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 17 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 68.2 Gb/s | 51.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 48MP |
| 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 - 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
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 5170 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | May 2025 | September 2022 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W10 |
| Official page | MediaTek Dimensity 8450 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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