Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
1850 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
64 KB
1024 KB
L2 cache
0
0
L3 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
4 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
650 MHz
933 MHz
Execution units
6
10
Shading units
32
96
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
OpenCL version
1.2
2.0
DirectX version
11
12
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
MediaTek APU 590
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2960 x 1440
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, AV1, 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. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 7000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
-
Geekbench 6
623
1,654
Geekbench 6
957
4,517
FP32 (float)
249
1,791