MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Apple A15 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9300, vs Apple A15 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and Apple A15 Bionic
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 9300
2070127
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
CPU509275309916
GPU845720432105
Memory354899243964
UX360293313105
NanoReview Score20701271299090
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
11079
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Test66 fps56 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
2239
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
7538
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
File Compression299.9 MB/s203.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser218.6 pages/s124.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering258.4 MP/sec143.5 MP/sec
Background Blur27.4 frames/s22.2 frames/s
Photo Processing60.9 frames/s60.2 frames/s
Image Detection162.1 frames/s130 frames/s
HDR219.5 MP/sec169.9 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.03 MP/sec5.93 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3250 3230
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 22.7 billion 15 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Apple A15 GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1338 MHz
Execution Units 12 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 640
FLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence MediaTek NPU 790 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 15.8 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5T LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- 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 T830 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7900 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr September, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6989 APL1W07

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider MediaTek Dimensity 9300 the clear winner in this comparison.

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