MediaTek Dimensity 9300 vs Apple A18 Pro

Compared 2 processors: MediaTek Dimensity 9300, vs Apple A18 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and Apple A18 Pro
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 A18 Pro
1813449
CPU509275465726
GPU845720721738
Memory354899250875
UX360293375110
NanoReview Score20701271813449
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
11079
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
Graphics Test66 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
2239
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
MediaTek Dimensity 9300
7538
Apple A18 Pro
9089
File Compression299.9 MB/s300.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser218.6 pages/s193.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering258.4 MP/sec215.2 MP/sec
Background Blur27.4 frames/s39.2 frames/s
Photo Processing60.9 frames/s90.3 frames/s
Image Detection162.1 frames/s322.7 frames/s
HDR219.5 MP/sec294.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.03 MP/sec9.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3250 4050
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 22.7 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 7 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Apple A18 Pro GPU
Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1300 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 12 6
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1536 768
FLOPS 3993.6 GFLOPS 2289 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 Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5T LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 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 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 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 T830 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 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename MT6989 APL1V07

Results

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