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Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

Dimensity 9000 Plus

78

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 9000 Plus Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9000 Plus 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 9000 Plus 53
Apple A18 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9000 Plus 50
Apple A18 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9000 Plus 86
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9000 Plus 63
Apple A18 94
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9000 Plus Apple A18
CPU 291317 421143
GPU 430867 615010
Memory 218270 178670
UX 206140 345874
Total score 1146594 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 26.25% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9000 Plus (4040 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 100.00% higher memory frequency than Dimensity 9000 Plus (7500 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 9000 Plus (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 36.12% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9000 Plus (1,561 K vs 1,147 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 9000 Plus.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 Plus 1349
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9000 Plus 4342
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

44%
Dimensity 9000 Plus
Stability 86%

Graphics test 51 FPS
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
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

85%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

107%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 1024 KB -
  • L2 cache 3.5 MB -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 4 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G710 MC10 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall 3 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency - 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 10 -
  • Shading units 512 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 7500 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 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
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 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
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus

Mediatek Dimensity 9000 Plus
CPU
53%
GPU
50%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A18

Apple A18
CPU
98%
GPU
96%
Memory
88%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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