Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
March 2020
November 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
MT6983
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3050 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
850 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3200 x 1440
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.632 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
10
Shading units
512
96
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
DirectX version
12
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3750 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
1 MB
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Yes
TDP
15 W
4 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
Dimensity 9000
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3050 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2021 (March 2020 vs November 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Dimensity 9000
+21%
1599
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+11%
4642
Dimensity 9000
4199
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Dimensity 9000
+57%
1682
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9000
