Apple M1 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
3200 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
5 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
14 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
16 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
8
-
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
-
1.4
OpenCL version
-
3.0
DirectX version
-
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
85.3 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
100 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
-
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution
-
1x 320MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
2,304
3,781
Geekbench 6
8,422
12,189
FP32 (float)
2,617
5,376