Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 720
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 2000MHz MediaTek Dimensity 720 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 10W)
MediaTek Dimensity 720 '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 (2000MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 14nm)
Released 4 years and 10 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
MediaTek Dimensity 720
+36%
391528
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
MediaTek Dimensity 720
+24%
774
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
MediaTek Dimensity 720
+94%
1861
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
MediaTek Dimensity 720
+30%
0.326 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
1850 MHz
Frequency
2000 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
7 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
10 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G57 MP3
650 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
6
Execution units
3
32
Shading units
64
4
Max size
12
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.3264 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR4X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
17.07 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 64MP, 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
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
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
5
4.2
Bluetooth
5.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Jul 2020
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1022
Model number
MT6853V
