Apple A16 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 8 cores 3050MHz MediaTek Dimensity 9000 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A16 Bionic Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 1.632 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (3460MHz vs 3050MHz)
Released 10 months late
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Lower TDP (4W vs 8W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
+32%
1441069
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1084030
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
+9%
1789
MediaTek Dimensity 9000
1632
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
3460 MHz
Frequency
3050 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
16 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
-
L3 cache
0
4 nm
Process
4 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
4 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP10
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
5
Execution units
10
128
Shading units
96
6
Max size
24
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.632 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
60 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
3200 x 1440
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7000 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Nov 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
MT6983
