Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 720
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
1850 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
L3 cache
0
—
Process
14 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
5 W
10 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
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Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G57 MP3
GPU frequency
650 MHz
850 MHz
Execution units
6
3
Shading units
32
64
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
17.07 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2520 x 1080
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 2770 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
5
Bluetooth
4.2
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Jul 2020
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1022
MT6853V
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
391,528
Geekbench 6
623
774
Geekbench 6
957
1,861
FP32 (float)
249
326
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.