Apple M4 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 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: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs July 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
May 2024
Launch Date
July 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
MT6983Z
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
933 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7913 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
96
10
Execution units
10
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
60 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 590
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
20 W
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +132%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1654
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +218%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +127%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1217381