Apple A18 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
4050 MHz
3050 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
—
1024 KB
L3 cache
—
0
TDP
—
4 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
5
10
Shading units
128
96
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
60 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
—
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
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, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max display resolution
—
3200 x 1440
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Nov 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
MT6983
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
1,084,030
Geekbench 6
3,466
1,599
Geekbench 6
8,592
4,199
FP32 (float)
1,907
1,632
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.