Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 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: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs July 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18 Pro
Model Name
MT6983Z
2x 3.89 GHz – 4x 2.2 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
3890 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
-
GPU frequency
933 MHz
-
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

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 590
-
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, 3x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
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 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408 +106%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092 +101%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119 +62%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381