Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6983Z
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 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
-
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
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 590
-
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
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+106%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+73%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+22%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1827
+0%
