MediaTek Kompanio 838 vs Apple M1
Aggregate performance score
Apple M1 outperforms MediaTek Kompanio 838 by an impressive 54% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1382 | 1774 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | Mediatek MediaTek Kompanio |
| Designer | Apple | no data |
| Architecture codename | no data | Cortex-A78 / A55 (2022−2024) |
| Release date | 10 November 2020 (4 years ago) | 31 May 2024 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
M1 and MediaTek Kompanio 838 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.064 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | no data |
| Number of transistors | 16000 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M1 and MediaTek Kompanio 838. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M1 8-Core GPU | ARM Mali-G57 MP3 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.67 | 3.04 |
| Recency | 10 November 2020 | 31 May 2024 |
Apple M1 has a 53.6% higher aggregate performance score.
MediaTek Kompanio 838, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.
The Apple M1 is our recommended choice as it beats the MediaTek Kompanio 838 in performance tests.
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