Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 9500
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
1605038
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3449366
CPU431354786574
GPU5989811422243
Memory208837725851
UX365876514698
NanoReview Score16050383449366
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
3381
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
MediaTek Dimensity 9500
11289
File Compression286.8 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/secn/a
Background Blur36.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing90 frames/sn/a
Image Detection297.2 frames/sn/a
HDR279.1 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2/4 (Cortex-X930 Travis)
- 6/2.4 (Cortex-A730 Gelas)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 4000
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
L3 Cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU n/a
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU n/a
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution Units 5 n/a
Shader Units 128 n/a
Total shader 640 n/a
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 5315 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 9.0
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 100 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz n/a
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 8 GB n/a

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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 n/a
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V08 n/a

Results

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

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