Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus vs Apple A16 Bionic
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Dimensity 9000 Plus and A16 Bionic chip SoCs, developed by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 8-core and 6-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 9000 Plus
- Dimensity 9000 Plus has 18.82 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (1147 K vs 965 K).
- Dimensity 9000 Plus supports 17.19 % higher memory bandwidth than A16 Bionic chip ( 60 vs 51.2 MHz).
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
- A16 Bionic chip has 8.13 % higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9000 Plus ( 3460 vs 3200 MHz).
- A16 Bionic chip has 70.67 % higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9000 Plus ( 6400 vs 3750 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 291317 | 247110 |
| GPU | 430867 | 408357 |
| Memory | 218270 | 162944 |
| UX | 206140 | 146541 |
| Total score | 1146594 | 964952 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 51 FPS | 59 FPS |
| Score | 8685 | 9862 |
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 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 1800MHz | 2020MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 3460MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | 1024 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 3.5 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 4 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Mali-G710 MC10 | Apple A16 GPU |
| Architecture | Valhall 3 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | - | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 10 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 768 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 1536 |
| FLOPS | - | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5x | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2960 x 1440 | 2796 x 1290 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP | 1x 48MP |
| 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, VP8, VP9, 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. 24 |
| 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 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | July 2022 | September 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W10 |
| Official page | Dimensity 9000 Plus official site | A16 Bionic chip official site |