Dimensity 920 vs A15 Bionic

We compared the 8-core MediaTek Dimensity 920 (Mali-G68 MP4) with the newer 6-core Apple A15 Bionic (Apple A15 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 920
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
  • Performs 7x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 88%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1413K vs 750K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~41%)
  • 29% higher CPU clock speed (3230 vs 2500 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 6 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
750481
A15 Bionic +88%
1413275
CPU 290440 410975
GPU 78028 370837
Memory 150165 164151
UX 231848 467312
Total score 750481 1413275
Samples [10 tests] [69 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
A15 Bionic +147%
2315
Multi-Core Score
A15 Bionic +148%
5753
Asset compression 117.7 MB/sec 208.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 61.4 pages/sec 122.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 78.8 Mpixels/sec 139.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 43.5 images/sec 125.1 images/sec
HDR 72.3 Mpixels/sec 179.4 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 6.73 images/sec 22.3 images/sec
Photo processing 20.2 images/sec 53.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.25 Mpixels/sec 6.26 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 37 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A15 Bionic +799%
20400
Background blur 2.95 images/sec 35.4 images/sec
Face detection 1.44 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.82 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.1 Gpixels/sec 0.84 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 6.8 Gpixels/sec 71.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 385.1 FPS 2198.2 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 4 tests 19 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 232 -
Graphics test 2 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 3765
Stability - 71%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Section 1 - 19 FPS
Section 2 - 14 FPS
Section 3 - 9 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
A15 Bionic +351%
2854
Score 633 2854
Stability 98% 76%
Graphics test 3 FPS 17 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10805 -
Video editing score 6810 -
Data manipulation score 8454 -
Photo editing score 34185 -
Writing score 16317 -
Phones tested 2 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 64 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[High]
-
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Low]
-
Shadowgun Legends 68 FPS
[Medium]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Genshin Impact 46 FPS
[Medium]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 53 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Device Realme 9 Pro Plus
1080 x 2400
-
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
MediaTek Dimensity 920
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Hard)AnTuTu 11767408
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)Geekbench 6 GPU2269
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)Geekbench 6 CPU936 / 2318
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Ábcd)AnTuTu 11745837
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Anerierisa)AnTuTu 11750481
Apple A15 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-18 (erdem012)Geekbench 6 CPU2346 / 5866
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-16 (Ultrmegkt)AnTuTu 111367210
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-14 (Makkar)AnTuTu 111191717
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-12 -> HotPowerGeekbench 7 CPU2155 / 5548
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik)AnTuTu 111127460

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 920 and A15 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2500 MHz 3230 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache - 12 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 6 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 10 billion 15 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 4 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MP4 Apple A15 GPU
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 950 MHz 1338 MHz
Pipelines 4 5
Shading units 32 128
Total shaders 128 640
FLOPS 243.2 Gigaflops 1712.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 15.8 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2770 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1250 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced August 2021 September 2021
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number MT6877T APL1W07
Official page MediaTek Dimensity 920 official site -
Successor - MediaTek Dimensity 7050 - Apple A19 Pro

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