Apple A18
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 900

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 900 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 6 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 2400 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs May 2021)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6877
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
-
Transistor count
10

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.621 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
48
5
Execution units
4
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2770 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
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 30FPS
-
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +279%
Dimensity 900
898
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +249%
Dimensity 900
2240
FP32 (float)
A18
1825 +200%
Dimensity 900
609
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +195%
Dimensity 900
505728

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1554
Vivo V25
MediaTek Dimensity 900
230