Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and MediaTek Dimensity 9300 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 3250 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs November 2023)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 76.8 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 76.8 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
November 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
Dimensity 9300
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1300 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
5.9904 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
9600 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
L2 Cache
3.5
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 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
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+53%
Dimensity 9300
2225
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
Dimensity 9300
7857
+0%
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Dimensity 9300
2032141
+36%
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Dimensity 9300
6110
+235%
