Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A16 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (September 2022 vs July 2022)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2022
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
MT6983Z
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
4 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
16
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
933 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7913 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
96
5
Execution units
10
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 590
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
4 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
+55%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
+48%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
+17%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1827
+2%
