MediaTek Dimensity 9500 vs Apple A18 Pro
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
4210 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L3 cache
16 MB
16 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
320 KB
L2 cache
-
16 MB
TDP
-
10 W
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU frequency
1750 MHz
1490 MHz
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
1.4
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Execution units
-
6
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
5333 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
85.3 Gb/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
MediaTek NPU 990
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
100 TOPS
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Neural Engine
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10700 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed
-
Up to 3500 Mbps
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
4,011,932
1,890,277
Geekbench 6
3,781
3,582
Geekbench 6
12,189
9,089
FP32 (float)
5,376
2,289