Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9200
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and MediaTek Dimensity 9200 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
MediaTek
Launch Date
March 2020
November 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
MT6985
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X3
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3050 MHz
Transistor count
10
17
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
1000 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2960 x 1440
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
3.5904 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
11
Shading units
512
192
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
5
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4266 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
68.3 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
3.5
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
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
MediaTek APU 690
TDP
15 W
-
Advantages
Dimensity 9200
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3050 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.3 Gbit/s (68.2 GB/s vs 68.3 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (March 2020 vs November 2022)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Dimensity 9200
+47%
1949
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
4642
Dimensity 9200
+14%
5301
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Dimensity 9200
+245%
3699
SiliconCat Rating
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
19
Ranks 19 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9200
