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89

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MediaTek Dimensity 9300

Dimensity 9300

90

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 9300 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9300 vs Apple A18 SoCs by Mediatek and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Dimensity 9300 87
Apple A18 93
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9300 93
Apple A18 89
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9300 86
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9300 89
Apple A18 90
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9300 Apple A18
CPU 485064 421143
GPU 899463 615010
Memory 357691 178670
UX 312866 345874
Total score 2055084 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9300

  • Dimensity 9300 has 28.00% higher memory frequency than Apple A18 (4800 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Dimensity 9300 has 31.68% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 (2,055 K vs 1,561 K).

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 24.31% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9300 (4040 vs 3250 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 7.54% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 9300 (1398 vs 1300 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 9300 (3 vs 4 nm).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9300 2265
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9300 7995
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

100%
Dimensity 9300
Stability %

Graphics test 116 FPS
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4k@120Hz, WQHD@180Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR Yes -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

80%
Turbo Clock Speed

3250 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X4
    4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 18 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 22.7 Billion -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall 5th gen Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 1300 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 12 -
  • Shading units 192 128
  • FLOPS 5990.4 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDRLPDDR5T LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 790 Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, 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+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10000 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 7000 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.4 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

MediaTek Dimensity 9300
CPU
87%
GPU
93%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A18

Apple A18
CPU
93%
GPU
89%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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