MediaTek Dimensity 9000 vs Apple A18

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3050 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
1024 KB
-
L2 cache
0
8 MB
L3 cache
0
-
Process
4 nm
3 nm
TDP
4 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
850 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
10
5
Shading units
96
128
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Neural Engine
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3200 x 1440
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7000 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Nov 2021
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MT6983
APL1V08
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,084,030
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
1,599
3,466
Geekbench 6
4,199
8,592
FP32 (float)
1,632
1,907