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78

Points
Mediatek Dimensity 930

Dimensity 930

78

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - Dimensity 930 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Dimensity 930 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 930 29
Apple A18 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Dimensity 930 22
Apple A18 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Dimensity 930 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Dimensity 930 43
Apple A18 94
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Dimensity 930 Apple A18
CPU 137539 421143
GPU 130844 615010
Memory 97521 178670
UX 140904 345874
Total score 506808 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 83.64% higher CPU clock speed than Dimensity 930 (4040 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Dimensity 930 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 207.95% better AnTuTu 9 score than Dimensity 930 (1,561 K vs 507 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Dimensity 930.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Dimensity 930 780
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Dimensity 930 2469
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

0%
Dimensity 930
Stability %

Graphics test -
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display Full HD+ @120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

107%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name IMG BXM-8-256 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture PowerVR B-Series Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency - 1398 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency - 7500 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - -
  • Max Size - 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 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 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 2K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 2K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 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 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 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 930

Mediatek Dimensity 930
CPU
29%
GPU
22%
Memory
0%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

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