MediaTek Dimensity 900 vs Apple M2 iPad

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
2400 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.5-A
L3 cache
0
-
Process
6 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
10
20
TDP
4 W
15 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
192 KB
L2 cache
-
0

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
4
8
Shading units
48
128
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
18.4 Gbit/s
102.4 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
Storage type
UFS 2.1, 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, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, 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, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
May 2021
Jun 2022
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
MT6877
APL1109
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
15.8 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
516,049
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
898
2,623
Geekbench 6
2,240
9,803
FP32 (float)
-
2,918