MediaTek Dimensity 8300 vs Apple A9
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 3350MHz MediaTek Dimensity 8300 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 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
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+441%
1549153
Apple A9
285954
Geekbench 6 Single Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+141%
1506
Apple A9
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
MediaTek Dimensity 8300
+406%
4844
Apple A9
957
AnTuTu 9
CPU
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
3350 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
8
Cores
2
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
-
L2 cache
3 MB
4 MB
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
14 nm
-
Transistor count
2
-
TDP
5 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Mali-G615 MP6
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
1400 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
6
Execution units
6
-
Shading units
32
24
Max size
4
-
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
1.3
Vulkan version
1.1
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
68.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
-
-
-
-
-
-
Multimedia (ISP)
MediaTek APU 780
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
2960 x 1440
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
1x 320MP
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
-
Modem
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.4
Bluetooth
4.2
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Nov 2023
Announced
Sep 2015
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1022
