MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple A9
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3350MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8300 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 8300 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (68.2GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3350MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 8 years and 2 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+441%
1549153
Apple A9
285954
Geekbench 6 Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+141%
1506
Apple A9
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+406%
4844
Apple A9
957
CPU
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
3350 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
L2 cache
3 MB
4 MB
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
1400 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
6
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
32
24
Max size
4
-
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
68.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
MediaTek APU 780
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, 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
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.4
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Nov 2023
Announced
Sep 2015
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1022
