Apple A20 Pro
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 9500

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A20 Pro and MediaTek Dimensity 9500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs September 2025)
  • Higher Frequency: 4210 (4.93 GHz vs 4210)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Apple A20 Pro
Model Name
-
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra, 3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium, 4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
6
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
3 nm
4.93 GHz
Frequency
4210

GPU Specifications

Apple A20 Pro GPU
GPU name
GPU Arm Mali-G1 Ultra MC12
1620 MHz
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
2903 GFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
7
Execution units
-
-
Max display resolution
WQHD+ 180Hz

Connectivity

-
4G support
Yes
-
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
96-bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

192 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
2MB/1MB/512KB
AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
- AAC LC
- FLAC
- HE-AACv1
- HE-AACv2
- MP3
3x 48 MP
Max camera resolution
320 MP
NVMe
Storage type
-
4K at 120 FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.3
Dual 16-core Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 990

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A20 Pro
4713 +18%
Dimensity 9500
4007
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A20 Pro
12599 +12%
Dimensity 9500
11217