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Apple A18

vs

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 7500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple A18

Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs Up to 2.6GHz)

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (September 2024 vs May 2026)

Basic

Apple

Label Name

MediaTek

September 2024

Launch Date

May 2026

SmartPhone Flagship

Platform

SmartPhone Mid range

TSMC

Manufacturing

A18

Model Name

MediaTek Dimensity 7500

2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz

Architecture

4x Arm C1 Pro @ 2.6GHz + 4x Arm C1 Nano @ 2.0GHz

Cores

Octa (8)

3 nm

Technology

4 nm

3780 MHz

Frequency

Up to 2.6GHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU

GPU name

Arm Mali-G625 MC2

1398 MHz

GPU frequency

1.7894 TFLOPS

FLOPS

128

Shading units

Execution units

Max display resolution

Primary up to 1344 x 2800; secondary up to 1300 x 1200

Connectivity

Cellular specific functions

SA & NSA modes; SA Option2, NSA Option3 / 3a / 3x, NR TDD and FDD bands, DSS, NR DL 3CC 220MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO, 256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO, 256QAM VoNR / EPS fallback, Smart Network Suite 3.0

Cellular technologies

2G-5G multi-mode, 5G/4G CA, 5G/4G FDD / TDD, CDMA2000 1x/EVDO Rev. A (SRLTE), EDGE, GSM, TD-SCDMA

Downlink functions

NR DL 3CC 220MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO

Up to 10000 Mbps

Download speed

5.2Gbps

Modem power saving technologies

MediaTek 5G UltraSave 3.0+

Uplink functions

256QAM NR UL 2CC, R16 UL Enhancement, 2x2 MIMO

Wi-Fi antenna

Up to 2T2R

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

4G FDD / TDD, 4G-CA

Yes

5G support

5G FDD / TDD, SA / NSA, 5G-CA

5.3

Bluetooth

Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth Hybrid Coexistence, Bluetooth Long Range, Xtra Range 3.0

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6E (a/b/g/n/ac/ax)

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, BeiDou, Glonass, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5

7500 MHz

Memory frequency

Up to 6400Mbps

4x 16 Bit

Memory Bus

Miscellaneous

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Audio codecs

1x 48MP

Max camera resolution

200MP

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 3.1 2-lane

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K30 (3840 x 2160) - 10 bit

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG

Video codecs

Encode: H.264, HEVC; Decode: H.264, HEVC, VP-9

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K HDR

Display refresh rate

Primary up to 144Hz; secondary up to 120Hz

Dual display support

Secondary display up to 1300 x 1200 @ 120Hz

ARMv9.2-A

Instruction set

Armv9.3-A

AI features

Generative AI support, global AI ecosystem support, on-device speech recognition, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, contextual replies, notification summarization

Neural Engine

Neural processor (NPU)

MediaTek NPU 850