Apple A12Z Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
March 2020
July 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
MT6983Z
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3.2 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
3200 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
933 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.7913 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
MediaTek APU 590
TDP
15 W
4 W

Advantages

Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
MediaTek Dimensity 9000 Plus
Dimensity 9000 Plus
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: July 2022 (March 2020 vs July 2022)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Dimensity 9000 Plus
+25% 1654
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+3% 4642
Dimensity 9000 Plus
4517

FP32 (float)

Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Dimensity 9000 Plus
+72% 1845

SiliconCat Rating

31
Ranks 31 among all SOC on our website
28
Ranks 28 among all SOC on our website
Apple A12Z Bionic
Dimensity 9000 Plus

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