Apple A15 Bionic Chip vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9200 Plus SoCs, developed by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 6-core and 8-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of Dimensity 9200 Plus
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has 3.72 % higher CPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip ( 3350 vs 3230 MHz).
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has 100.02 % higher memory frequency than A15 Bionic Chip ( 8533 vs 4266 MHz).
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has 20.00 % smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip ( 4 vs 5 nm).
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has 68.48 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A15 Bionic Chip ( 1363 K vs 809 K).
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip .
- Dimensity 9200 Plus Support 100.29 % higher memory bandwidth than A15 Bionic Chip ( 68.3 vs 34.1 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 209204 | 290704 |
| GPU | 351594 | 600560 |
| Memory | 118044 | 254170 |
| UX | 130276 | 217772 |
| Total score | 809118 | 1363206 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 82% | 61% |
| Graphics test | 56 FPS | 75 FPS |
| Score | 9524 | 12660 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic Chip and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3230MHz | 3350MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 15 billion | 17 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple GPU | Immortalis-G715 MC11 |
| Architecture | - | Valhall 4 |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | - |
| Pipelines | 5 | 11 |
| Shading units | 640 | - |
| Total shaders | 1280 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 4736 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 690 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4266 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 68.3 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 6 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 320MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | MediaTek T800 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7900 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 4200 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2021 | May 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W07 | MT6985 |
| Official page | A15 Bionic Chip official site | Dimensity 9200 Plus official site |