Apple A17 Pro vs MediaTek Dimensity 900

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with MediaTek Dimensity 900. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A17 Pro

1568389

Dimensity 900

435318

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Dimensity 900

704

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Dimensity 900

2139

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	6 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million	10000 million
TDP	8 Watt	10 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Mali-G68 MP4
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Valhall
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	6	4
Shaders	768	64
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.2

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	2.77 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	1.2 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS