Apple A9 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 vs. 8 cores 3350MHz MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus . 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 8W)
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (4.2028 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (68.3GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3350MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)
Released 7 years and 8 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
+441%
1548868
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A9
623
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
+235%
2093
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A9
957
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
+482%
5576
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
+1587%
4.202 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
1850 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz
2
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
0
L3 cache
0
14 nm
Process
4 nm
2
Transistor count
17
5 W
TDP
8 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
650 MHz
GPU frequency
995 MHz
6
Execution units
11
32
Shading units
192
4
Max size
24
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
4.2028 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
68.3 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 690
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, 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
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 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
MediaTek T800
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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
7
4.2
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
May 2023
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
MT6985
