Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A15 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3230 MHz (3230 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: July 2022 (September 2021 vs July 2022)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2021
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W07
Model Name
MT6983Z
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3230 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A15 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1338 MHz
GPU frequency
933 MHz
1.7126 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7913 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
96
5
Execution units
10
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 590
12 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
-
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
6 W
TDP
4 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A15 Bionic
2333
+41%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A15 Bionic
5741
+27%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
A15 Bionic
1315838
+8%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381
FP32 (float)
A15 Bionic
1678
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1827
+9%
