Apple A17 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
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 A17 Pro
1536108
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2100510
CPU390106496925
GPU534149870477
Memory274926378380
UX336927354728
NanoReview Score15361082100510
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
14766
Graphics Test59 fps88 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2302
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
7547
File Compression260.8 MB/s297.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s211.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec256.8 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s26.6 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s61.3 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s160 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec221.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec7.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3780 3400
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 19 billion 22.7 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 7.3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 6 12
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 3.0
DirectX n/a 12

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 790
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5T
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 1290x2796 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 MediaTek T830
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr May, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 n/a

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