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Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 9200 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 9200 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 9200 48
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 9200 47
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 9200 86
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 9200 60
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 9200 Apple A18
CPU 275050 421143
GPU 568108 615010
Memory 240410 178670
UX 206002 345874
Total score 1289570 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of MediaTek Dimensity 9200

  • Dimensity 9200 has 127.55% higher memory frequency than Apple A18 (8533 vs 3750 MHz).

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 32.46% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 9200 (4040 vs 3050 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 42.51% higher GPU clock speed than Dimensity 9200 (1398 vs 981 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 9200 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 21.02% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 9200 (1,561 K vs 1,290 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 9200.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 9200 1540
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 9200 5210
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

Stability 86%

Graphics test 72 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60Hz, QHD+ @ 168Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

75%
Turbo Clock Speed

3050 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X3
    3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A715
    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 - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 17 Billion -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Mali-G715 Immortalis MC11 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Valhall 3 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 981 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 11 -
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 8533 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - -
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 690 AI processor Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2960 x 1440
  • Max camera resolution 1 x 320MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 5G R16 modem Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7900 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 7 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 9200

CPU
48%
GPU
47%
Memory
100%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A18

CPU
82%
GPU
84%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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