Apple A16 Bionic
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A16 Bionic
and
MediaTek Dimensity 9500s
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3730 MHz (3460 MHz vs 3730 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2026 (September 2022 vs January 2026)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2022
Launch Date
January 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W10
Model Name
MT6991Z/ECZB
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.73 GHz – Cortex-X925
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A720
6
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3460 MHz
Frequency
3730 MHz
16
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1612 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU
16 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB
-
L3 cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 36MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A16 Bionic
2562
Dimensity 9500s
2585
+1%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A16 Bionic
6685
Dimensity 9500s
8474
+27%
FP32 (float)
A16 Bionic
1788
Dimensity 9500s
4853
+171%
AnTuTu 10
A16 Bionic
1421181
Dimensity 9500s
3232476
+127%
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