Apple A12 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Compared 2 processors: Apple A12 Bionic, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A12 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1099019
CPU198067362347
GPU185355290734
Memory152138192671
UX164631253267
NanoReview Score7001911099019
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
7912
Stability69 %81 %
Graphics Test31 fps47 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1585
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
4169
File Compression108.3 MB/s137.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser61.7 pages/s122.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering78.6 MP/sec168.9 MP/sec
Background Blur10.6 frames/s12.5 frames/s
Photo Processing36.4 frames/s41.5 frames/s
Image Detection21.4 frames/s104.6 frames/s
HDR89.6 MP/sec137.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing3.35 MP/sec4.33 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
- 1/3.05 (Cortex-X2)
- 3/2.85 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2490 3050
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A12 GPU Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1125 MHz 848 MHz
Execution Units 4 10
Shader Units 64 64
Total shader 256 640
FLOPS 576 GFLOPS 1085.4 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine MediaTek APU 590

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2688x1242 pixels 3200x1440 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Intel XMM 7560 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 MB/s Up to 7000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2018 yr November, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W81 MT6983

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9000 the clear winner in this comparison.

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