Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Apple A14 Bionic
We’ve thoroughly compared the latest Dimensity 9000 Plus vs A14 Bionic SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Apple respectively. Our analysis covers the strengths and weaknesses of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs, evaluated through their Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark scores and other key 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 9000 Plus
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 3.23% higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 3100 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 75.81% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic (4 vs 5 nm).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 52.69 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (1147 K vs 751 K).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has the latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic.
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 75.95 % higher memory bandwidth than A14 Bionic ( 60 vs 34.1 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 203493 |
| GPU | 430867 | 284242 |
| Memory | 218270 | 131989 |
| UX | 206140 | 131211 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 750935 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | 50 FPS |
| Score | 8685 | 8375 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Dimensity 9000 Plus and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 3100MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 11.8 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Apple A14 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | - |
| GPU frequency | - | - |
| Pipelines | 10 | 4 |
| Shading units | 512 | - |
| Total shaders | 1024 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 998 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7168 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | Up to 2560 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 2560 Mbps | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W01 |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | A14 Bionic official site |