Apple M4 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Frequency
4400 MHz
4210 MHz
Cores
9
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
28
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TDP
20 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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16 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU frequency
1598 MHz
1750 MHz
Execution units
10
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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
7500 MHz
5333 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
120 Gbit/s
85.3 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
MediaTek NPU 990
Theoretical Performance
38 TOPS
100 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2064 x 2752
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution
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1x 320MP
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 7500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
May 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,713,488
4,011,932
Geekbench 6
3,767
3,781
Geekbench 6
14,677
12,189
FP32 (float)
4,090
5,376
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.