Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 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 3350 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 68.3 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs May 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18 Pro
Model Name
MT6985
2x 3.89 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
-
Transistor count
17

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
-
GPU frequency
995 MHz
-
FLOPS
4.2028 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
192
-
Execution units
11
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
68.3 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 690
-
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
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 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
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408 +63%
Dimensity 9200 Plus
2093
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092 +63%
Dimensity 9200 Plus
5576
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119 +25%
Dimensity 9200 Plus
1579845