A16 Bionic chip Vs Dimensity 9200 Plus
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A16 Bionic chip vs Dimensity 9200 Plus SoCs by Apple and Mediatek respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.
The following details of MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus are based in part on hearings and leaks. As we acquire more precise information, we will update this page.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- A16 Bionic chip has 3.28% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9200 Plus (3460 vs 3350 MHz).
Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has 33.33% higher memory frequency than A16 Bionic chip (8533 vs 6400 MHz).
- Dimensity 9200 Plus has 41.27% better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (1,363 K vs 965 K ).
- Dimensity 9200 Plus Support 33.40% higher memory bandwidth than A16 Bionic chip (68.3 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 247110 | 290704 |
| GPU | 408357 | 600560 |
| Memory | 162944 | 254170 |
| UX | 146541 | 217772 |
| Total score | 964952 | 1363206 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 243.5 Mpixels/s | - |
| Face detection | 46.4 images/s | - |
| Speech recognition | 141.8 words/s | - |
| Machine learning | 117.1 images/s | - |
| Camera shooting | 54.3 images/s | - |
| HTML 5 | 5.9 Mnodes/s | - |
| SQLite | 1430 Mnodes/s | - |
3DMark
76%
Apple A1698%
Dimensity 9200+Score: 12660
| Stability | 79% | 61% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 75 FPS |
| Score | 9862 | 12660 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A16 Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 PlusDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | - | WQHD @ 144Hz, FHD+ @ 240Hz |
| Max On-Display Resolution | - | - |
| Max External Display | - | - |
| HDR | - | - |
| Color Depth | - | - |
| Color Gamut | - | - |
CPU
92%
Apple A1689%
Dimensity 9200+
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-X3 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Base Frequency | 2020 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3460 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | 16 Billion | 17 Billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A16 GPU | Immortalis-G715 MC11 |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Valhall 4 |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 6 | 11 |
| Shading units | 768 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 4736 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | - | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | - | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 6400 MHz | 8533 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 68.3 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | MediaTek APU 690 |
| Storage type | NVMe | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 |
| Max display resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 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
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | - | MediaTek T800 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7900 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 4200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced Date | September 2022 | May 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W10 | MT6985 |
| Official page | A16 Bionic chip official site | Dimensity 9200 Plus official site |
Apple A16 Bionic
71.25
Review By TenzysTech
MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus
52.25
Review By TenzysTech
