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Apple A17 Pro
Overview - Dimensity 8100 Vs A17 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 8100 vs A17 Pro SoCs by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 8100 42
A17 Pro 94
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 8100 38
A17 Pro 97
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 8100 82
A17 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 8100 54
A17 Pro 93
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 8100 A17 Pro
CPU 204875 399992
GPU 311503 620081
Memory 130636 265579
UX 161518 346005
Total score 808532 1631657
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 8100

  • Dimensity 8100 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than A17 Pro (6400 vs 3200 MHz).

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 32.63% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (3780 vs 2850 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 53.29% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 8100 (1398 vs 912 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 40% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 8100 (3 vs 5 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 101.80% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 8100 (1,632 K vs 809 K ).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 8100.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 969
A17 Pro 2999

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 8100 4081
A17 Pro 7779

3DMark

Stability 94%

Graphics test 34 FPS
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display WQHD+ @120Hz / Full HD+ @168Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

2850 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache - 256 KB
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - 19 Billion
  • TDP 8 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G610 MC6 Apple A17 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall 2 Apple GPU
  • GPU frequency 912 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 6 6
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 2147.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 6400 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size - 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) APU 580 (multi-core) Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP
  • 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, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem R16-ready 5G modem -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 21 -
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 8100

CPU
42%
GPU
38%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

Apple A17 Pro

CPU
94%
GPU
97%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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