Apple A18 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
4050 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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L3 cache
16 MB
16 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
TDP
10 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 Pro GPU
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
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1.4
OpenCL version
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3.0
DirectX version
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12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
85.3 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
100 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 10700 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V07
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,890,277
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
3,582
3,781
Geekbench 6
9,089
12,189
FP32 (float)
2,289
5,376
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.