Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
3460 MHz
3050 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
256 KB
1024 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
4 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
8 W
4 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1398 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
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Neural Engine
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3200 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2022
Nov 2021
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W10
MT6983
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,441,069
1,084,030
Geekbench 6
2,627
1,599
Geekbench 6
6,838
4,199
FP32 (float)
1,789
1,632