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MediaTek Dimensity 7030 vs Apple M1 Pro vs Apple M1 Max

MediaTek Dimensity 7030

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The Mediatek Dimensity 7030 is a mid-range ARM SoC (system-on-a-chip) that can be used in both smartphones and tablets (mainly Android). The SoC was introduced in September 2023.

It includes a 5G modem and supports the latest mobile phone standards in dual-SIM mode with both cards, so that surfing and phoning is possible via two different cards at the same time. The SoC integrates two ARM Cortex A78 cores with up to 2.5 GHz for demanding tasks and six low-power ARM Cortex A55 cores with clock speeds of up to 2 GHz.

The chip has an integrated sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G modem including dual-SIM support that can reach a maximum download speed of up to 4.6 Gbps. Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) is supported as well as Bluetooth 5.2. 

The memory controller can cope with LPDDR4x or LPDDR5 working memory as well as UFS 3.1 mass storage. As an integrated graphics card, the SoC uses the Mali-G610 MP3, which supports displays with 144 Hz as well as HDR10+ Adaptive, HLG and Dolby Vision at a maximum resolution of 2,520 x 1,080 pixels.

Compared to the Dimensity 920, the CPU unit has the same clock speeds but a more modern instruction set, ARMv8.2-A. A new graphics unit is used and WiFi 6E is supported, as well as displays with up to 144 Hz.

The SoC is manufactured in a 6nm process.

Apple M1 Pro

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The Apple M1 Pro is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers  all 10 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and two power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). There is no Turbo Boost for single cores or short burst periods. The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1. The entry level model offers only 8 cores.

The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 24 MB SLC (System Level Cache). The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.

The unified memory (16 or 32 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 256 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU.

The integrated graphics card in the M1 Pro offers all 16 cores.

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including ProRes).

The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 33.7 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks. In the Prime95 benchmark the chip uses in our tests (with a MBP16) 33.6W package power and 31W for the CPU part. In idle the SoC only reports 1W package power.

Apple M1 Max

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The Apple M1 Max is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the late 2021 MacBook Pro 14 and 16-inch models. It offers all 10 cores available in the chip divided in eight performance cores (P-cores with 600 - 3220 MHz) and two power-efficiency cores (E-cores with 600 - 2064 MHz). There is no Turbo Boost for single cores or short burst periods. The cores are similar to the cores in the Apple M1.

The big cores (codename Firestorm) offer 192 KB instruction cache, 128 KB data cache, and 24 MB shared L2 cache (up from 12 MB in the M1). The four efficiency cores (codename Icestorm) are a lot smaller and offer only 128 KB instruction cache, 64 KB data cache, and 4 MB shared cache. CPU and GPU can both use the 48 MB SLC (System Level Cache). The efficiency cores (E cluster) clock with 600 - 2064 MHz, the performance cores (P cluster) with 600 - 3228 MHz.

The unified memory (32 or 64 GB LPDDR5-6400) next to the chip is connected by a 512 bit memory controller (200 GB/s bandwidth) and can be used by the GPU and CPU. This is the main difference to the M1 Pro and the CPU performance is quite similar.

The biggest difference to the M1 Pro is the bigger integrated GPU with 24 or 32 cores (up from 16).

Furthermore, the SoC integrates a fast 16 core neural engine, a secure enclave (e.g., for encryption), a unified memory architecture, Thunderbolt 4 controller, an ISP, and media de- and encoders (including two ProRes engines).

The M1 Pro is manufactured in 5 nm at TSMC and integrates 57 billion transistors. The peak power consumption of the chip was advertised around 30W for CPU intensive tasks. 

ModelMediaTek Dimensity 7030Apple M1 ProApple M1 Max
SeriesMediatek Apple Apple M-SeriesApple Apple M-Series
CodenameCortex-A78 / A55
Series: Apple M-Series
MediaTek Dimensity 80502 - 3 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 13002 - 3 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 81002 - 2.85 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 12002 - 3 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Kompanio 1300T2 - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 8200-Ultra2 - 3.1 GHz8 / 8 cores4 MB L3 Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 80202 - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 11002 - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 70502 - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 7030 « 2 - 2.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 10802 - 2.6 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 9202 - 2.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 70202 - 2.5 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 9302 - 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek MT8188J2 - 2.2 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
MediaTek Dimensity 9002 - 2.4 GHz8 / 8 cores Cortex-A78 / A55
Apple M1 Max2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M12.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Apple M1 Max « 2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores48 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro2.06 - 3.22 GHz10 / 10 cores24 MB L3
Apple M1 Pro 8-Core2.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores16 MB L3
Apple M12.06 - 3.22 GHz8 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Clock2000 - 2500 MHz2064 - 3220 MHz2060 - 3220 MHz
Cores / Threads8 / 8
2 x 2.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A78
6 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
10 / 1010 / 10
Technology6 nm5 nm5 nm
Features2x ARM Cortex-A78 (2.5 GHz), 6x ARM Cortex-A55 (2 GHz), ARM Mali-G610 MC3, 5G Sub-6 GHz, LTEARMv8 Instruction SetARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUARM Mali-G610 MP3Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPUApple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
Manufacturerwww.mediatek.com
L1 Cache2.9 MB2.9 MB
L2 Cache28 MB28 MB
L3 Cache24 MB48 MB
Transistors33700 Million57000 Million

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
112 Points (78%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
824 Points (15%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
12370 Points (11%)
100%
1 M1 Max +
min: 12385     avg: 12389     median: 12386 (12%)     max: 12396 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
100%
1 M1 Pro +
1534 Points (65%)
100%
1 M1 Max +
min: 1530     avg: 1533     median: 1533 (65%)     max: 1536 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
100%
1 M1 Pro +
393 Points (44%)
101%
1 M1 Max +
min: 390     avg: 393.3     median: 395 (44%)     max: 395 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
100%
1 M1 Pro +
2721 Points (7%)
101%
1 M1 Max +
min: 2735     avg: 2746     median: 2750 (7%)     max: 2753 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
100%
1 M1 Pro +
1690 Points (11%)
100%
1 M1 Max +
min: 1689     avg: 1691     median: 1691 (11%)     max: 1693 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
100%
1 M1 Pro +
209 Points (63%)
96%
1 M1 Max +
min: 197     avg: 202.3     median: 200 (60%)     max: 210 Points
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
183.3 Seconds (1%)
100%
1 M1 Max +
min: 187     avg: 188.7     median: 189 (1%)     max: 190 Seconds
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
4053 Points (48%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
893 Points (24%)
270%
1 M1 Pro +
2409 Points (65%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
2214 Points (9%)
562%
1 M1 Pro +
12440 Points (49%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
789 Points (33%)
1768 Points (75%)
min: 1764     avg: 1780     median: 1782 (75%)     max: 1795 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
2197 Points (4%)
12499 Points (22%)
min: 12563     avg: 12656     median: 12697 (23%)     max: 12708 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
3505 Points (35%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
8625 Points (9%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
1299 ms (2%)
405.4 ms (0%)
min: 404.3     avg: 459.2     median: 482.3 (1%)     max: 491.1 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
75.6 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
34140 Points (30%)
66203 Points (58%)
min: 66938     avg: 68647     median: 68029 (60%)     max: 70973 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
106 Points (30%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
121 Points (25%)
342 Points (71%)
min: 350     avg: 358.7     median: 360 (75%)     max: 366 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
510541 Points (31%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
135392 Points (37%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
5405 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
32426 Points (51%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
15195 Points (70%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
713 Points (27%)
1556 Points (60%)
min: 1586     avg: 1607     median: 1615 (62%)     max: 1621 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
41.5 Watt (7%)
98%
1 M1 Max +
50.8 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
48.3 Watt (9%)
99%
1 M1 Max +
53 Watt (10%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
8.2 Watt (4%)
95%
1 M1 Pro +
19.9 Watt (9%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 M1 Pro +
6.4 Watt (4%)
96%
1 M1 Max +
11.6 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
1.2 Watt (1%)
90%
1 M1 Pro +
9.9 Watt (11%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
100%
1 M1 Pro +
35 Points per Watt (26%)
91%
1 M1 Max +
31.9 Points per Watt (24%)

Average Benchmarks MediaTek Dimensity 7030 → 100% n=6

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Pro → 265% n=6

Average Benchmarks Apple M1 Max → 271% n=6

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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