Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 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: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs May 2023)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.3 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 68.3 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6985
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 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
3780 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
-
Transistor count
17
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
995 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
4.2028 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
192
5
Execution units
11
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/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 120FPS
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 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+63%
Dimensity 9200 Plus
2093
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+40%
Dimensity 9200 Plus
5576
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Dimensity 9200 Plus
1579845
+6%
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Dimensity 9200 Plus
4286
+135%
