MediaTek Dimensity 9000 vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of MediaTek Dimensity 9000 and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3050 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (60 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: June 2022 (November 2021 vs June 2022)

Basic

MediaTek
Label Name
Apple
November 2021
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
MT6983
Model Name
APL1109
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3050 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Mali-G710 MP10
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
850 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.632 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
96
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3200 x 1440
Max display resolution
-
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
3750 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Dimensity 9000
1599
M2 iPad
2633 +65%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9000
4199
M2 iPad
9898 +136%
FP32 (float)
Dimensity 9000
1665
M2 iPad
2860 +72%