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56

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

Dimensity 9000 Plus

64

Points
Apple A16 Bionic

A16 Bionic chip
Overview - Dimensity 9000 Plus Vs A16 Bionic chip

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9000 Plus vs A16 Bionic chip 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 9000 Plus 44
A16 Bionic chip 51
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9000 Plus 39
A16 Bionic chip 54
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9000 Plus 86
A16 Bionic chip 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9000 Plus 56
A16 Bionic chip 64
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9000 Plus A16 Bionic chip
CPU 291317 247110
GPU 430867 408357
Memory 218270 162944
UX 206140 146541
Total score 1146594 964952
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

  • Dimensity 9000 Plus has 18.82% better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (1,147 K vs 965 K).

Pros of Apple A16 Bionic

  • 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

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 Plus 1349
A16 Bionic chip 1870

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 Plus 4342
A16 Bionic chip 5474

Image compression

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 243.5

Face detection

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 46.4

Speech recognition

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 141.8

Machine learning

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 117.1

Camera shooting

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 54.3

HTML 5

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 5.9

SQLite

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Dimensity 9000 Plus
A16 Bionic chip 1430

3DMark

44%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
Stability 86%

Graphics test 51 FPS
51%
A16 Bionic chip
Stability 79%

Graphics test 59 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 180Hz, WQHD+ @ 144Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2960 x 1440 -
  • Max External Display 2K @ 144 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+ Adaptive -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

86%
Turbo Clock Speed

3460 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

  • 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
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
  • L1 cache 1024 KB 256 KB
  • L2 cache 3.5 MB 16 MB
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count - 16 Billion
  • TDP 4 W 8 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G710 MC10 Apple A16 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall 3 Apple GPU
  • GPU frequency - 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 10 6
  • Shading units 512 768
  • FLOPS - -
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 6400 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • 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+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7168 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2560 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 2560 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus
CPU
44%
GPU
39%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A16 Bionic

Apple A16 Bionic
CPU
51%
GPU
54%
Memory
75%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Dimensity 9000 Plus and A16 Bionic chip?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 8.13% higher clock speed (3460 MHz vs 3200 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Dimensity 9000 Plus and A16 Bionic chip?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: A16 Bionic chip with a 70.67% higher memory frequency (6400 MHz vs 3750 MHz).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Dimensity 9000 Plus and A16 Bionic chip?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Dimensity 9000 Plus with a 18.82% better score (1146594 vs 964952).