Apple M4 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) 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 M4 (iPad)
2797277
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2100510
CPU763066496925
GPU1167582870477
Memory430483378380
UX436146354728
NanoReview Score27972772100510
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
14766
Graphics Testn/a88 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
2302
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
7547
File Compression577.3 MB/s297.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s211.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec256.8 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s26.6 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s61.3 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s160 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec221.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec7.78 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 3400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 28 billion 22.7 billion
Power (TDP) 14 W 7.3 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M4 GPU Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
Architecture Apple GPU Valhall 5th gen
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 10 12
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1280 1536
FLOPS 4090 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 38 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5T
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 76.8 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 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 2064x2752 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 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
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- 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 10000 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
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr May, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

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