MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs Apple A9
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2400MHz MediaTek Dimensity 800U vs. 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 800U 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.3264 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (17.07GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2400MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Released 4 years and 11 months late
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 10W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 800U
+51%
434499
Apple A9
285954
Geekbench 6 Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 800U
+21%
759
Apple A9
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 800U
+91%
1837
Apple A9
957
FP32 (float)
MediaTek Dimensity 800U
+30%
326
Apple A9
249
CPU
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2400 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
3 MB
-
L3 cache
0
7 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
10 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G57 MP3
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
850 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
3
Execution units
6
64
Shading units
32
16
Max size
4
0.3264 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
12
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
17.07 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
UFS 2.2
Storage type
NVMe
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 64MP, 2x 20MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 2770 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 1250 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
5
5.1
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Aug 2020
Announced
Sep 2015
Mid range
Class
Flagship
MT6853T
Model number
APL1022
