Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro 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 A18 Pro
1813449
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1099019
CPU465726362347
GPU721738290734
Memory250875192671
UX375110253267
NanoReview Score18134491099019
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
7912
Stabilityn/a81 %
Graphics Testn/a47 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
3582
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1585
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
9089
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
4169
File Compression300.1 MB/s137.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser193.3 pages/s122.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.2 MP/sec168.9 MP/sec
Background Blur39.2 frames/s12.5 frames/s
Photo Processing90.3 frames/s41.5 frames/s
Image Detection322.7 frames/s104.6 frames/s
HDR294.3 MP/sec137.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.08 MP/sec4.33 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1/3.05 (Cortex-X2)
- 3/2.85 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 3050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 10 W 4 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 Pro GPU Mali-G710 MP10
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 3rd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 848 MHz
Execution Units 6 10
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 768 640
FLOPS 2289 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
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 60 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 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 3200x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 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 X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr November, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V07 MT6983

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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