MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus vs Apple A18

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus, vs Apple A18. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus and Apple A18
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
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
1483201
Apple A18
1605038
CPU378769431354
GPU525609598981
Memory299509208837
UX279314365876
NanoReview Score14832011605038
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
11021
Apple A18
n/a
Graphics Test65 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
2090
Apple A18
3466
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
5532
Apple A18
8592
File Compression213.1 MB/s286.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser161.1 pages/s184.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering177.1 MP/sec201.2 MP/sec
Background Blur17 frames/s36.2 frames/s
Photo Processing50.5 frames/s90 frames/s
Image Detection126.3 frames/s297.2 frames/s
HDR169.3 MP/sec279.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.68 MP/sec8.68 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3350 4050
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 17 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11 Apple A18 GPU
Architecture Valhall 4th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 11 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1408 640
FLOPS 3238.4 GFLOPS 1907 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 690 Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max. resolution 2960x1440 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 Snapdragon X75
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7900 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2023 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6985 APL1V08

Results

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

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