Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs May 2024)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 76.8 Gbit/s)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
Dimensity 9300 Plus
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3400 MHz
-
Transistor count
22.7

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
5.9904 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
192
5
Execution units
12
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 790
-
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
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 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
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +51%
Dimensity 9300 Plus
2256
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +6%
Dimensity 9300 Plus
7396
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Dimensity 9300 Plus
2259162 +52%
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Dimensity 9300 Plus
5870 +222%