Apple A17 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 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 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2023 vs July 2022)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2023
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1V02
Model Name
MT6983Z
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 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 A17 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
933 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7913 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
96
-
Execution units
10
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
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Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

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Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 590
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
-
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8 W
TDP
4 W
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +80%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476 +66%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153 +30%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381
FP32 (float)
A17 Pro
2146 +17%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1827