MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus vs Apple A9

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus, vs Apple A9. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus and Apple A9
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
1483201
Apple A9
332764
CPU378769106215
GPU52560980649
Memory29950959673
UX27931486227
NanoReview Score1483201332764
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
11021
Apple A9
1850
Stabilityn/a75 %
Graphics Test65 fps11 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
2090
Apple A9
619
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
5532
Apple A9
953
File Compression213.1 MB/s43.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser161.1 pages/s16.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering177.1 MP/sec24.7 MP/sec
Background Blur17 frames/s3.08 frames/s
Photo Processing50.5 frames/s8.39 frames/s
Image Detection126.3 frames/s9.06 frames/s
HDR169.3 MP/sec28.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.68 MP/sec1.27 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 2
Frequency 3350 1850
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache n/a 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB 4 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 14 nm
Transistor count 17 billion 2 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11 PowerVR GT7600
Architecture Valhall 4th gen PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue)
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 650 MHz
Execution Units 11 6
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 1408 192
FLOPS 3238.4 GFLOPS 249.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 3.0 1.2

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek APU 690 Apple M9

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4
Memory Frequency 4266 MHz 1333 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.2 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 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 2048x1536 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
Audio codecs - AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem MediaTek T800 Qualcomm MDM9635M
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 6
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7900 MB/s Up to 450 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 5.3 4.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced May, 2023 yr September, 2015 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6985 APL1022

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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