Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 7030
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2500MHz MediaTek Dimensity 7030 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
MediaTek Dimensity 7030 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2500MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (6nm vs 14nm)
Released 8 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
MediaTek Dimensity 7030
+82%
522736
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
MediaTek Dimensity 7030
+68%
1051
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
MediaTek Dimensity 7030
+161%
2500
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1850 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
6 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G610 MP3
650 MHz
GPU frequency
1000 MHz
6
Execution units
3
32
Shading units
-
4
Max size
16
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
-
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2770 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1250 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Sep 2023
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
-
