Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3250 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 76.8 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2023 (September 2021 vs November 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2021
Launch Date
November 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
Dimensity 9300
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz
15
Transistor count
22.7

GPU Specifications

Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
5.9904 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
9600 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
12 MB
L2 Cache
3.5
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333 +5%
Dimensity 9300
2225
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
Dimensity 9300
7857 +37%
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
Dimensity 9300
2032141 +54%
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Dimensity 9300
6110 +264%