Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 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 3050 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs November 2021)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
November 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6983
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.05 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
3050 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.632 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
96
5
Execution units
10
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3200 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
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 120FPS
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 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +113%
Dimensity 9000
1599
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +86%
Dimensity 9000
4199
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +35%
Dimensity 9000
1105711
FP32 (float)
A18
1825 +10%
Dimensity 9000
1665