Apple A15 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A15 Bionic with MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
Lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 15000 million
TDP 6 Watt 4 Watt
Neural Processing NPU MediaTek APU 590

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 5 Mali-G710 MP10
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Valhall
GPU frequency 1338 MHz 933 MHz
Execution units 5 10
Shaders 640 512
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048
Max camera resolution 1x 320MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 7 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3 Gbps 2.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2021 Quarter 3 2022 Quarter 2
Partnumber APL1W07 MT6983Z
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A15 Bionic
1279854
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1154947

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
2316
Dimensity 9000 Plus
1338

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A15 Bionic
5719
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4318