Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 3350MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8300 . 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
Apple A9
285954
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+441%
1549153
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+141%
1506
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+406%
4844
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1850 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
4 MB
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G615 MP6
650 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
6
Execution units
6
32
Shading units
-
4
Max size
24
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 780
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, 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
-
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7900 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
4.2
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Nov 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
-
