MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Apple A9
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2850MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8100 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 8100 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.309 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (51.2GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (2850MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 14nm)
Released 6 years and 6 months late
Apple A9 's Advantages
Lower TDP (5W vs 6W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+200%
860129
Apple A9
285954
Geekbench 6 Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+83%
1145
Apple A9
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+279%
3633
Apple A9
957
FP32 (float)
MediaTek Dimensity 8100
+425%
1.309 TFLOPS
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
2850 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
-
L2 cache
3 MB
0
L3 cache
0
5 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
6 W
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G610 MP6
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
860 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
6
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
32
16
Max size
4
1.309 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
12
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
UFS 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 200MP
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
MediaTek UltraSave 2.0
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 21
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 4700 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Mar 2022
Announced
Sep 2015
Flagship
Class
Flagship
MT6895Z/TCZA
Model number
APL1022
