Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A14 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
September 2020
November 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W01
MT6983
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.05 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
3050 MHz
Transistor count
11.8
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
850 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3200 x 1440
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
1.632 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
10
Shading units
64
96
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3750 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
60 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
1 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
Max camera resolution
-
1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
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)
Neural Engine
Yes
TDP
6 W
4 W
Advantages
Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3050 MHz)
Dimensity 9000
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 60 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2021 (September 2020 vs November 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+31%
2087
Dimensity 9000
1599
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+15%
4820
Dimensity 9000
4199
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
1072101
Dimensity 9000
+2%
1094654
FP32 (float)
Apple A14 Bionic
674
Dimensity 9000
+150%
1682
SiliconCat Rating
18
Ranks 18 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Dimensity 9000
